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Friday, November 18, 2011
Tool Insects [Stop Motion Animation]
You know why I love stuff like this? It takes common objects, repurposed in surprising ways. It's simple to produce, but requires patience, dedication, concentration and attention to details. It costs nothing and the results are humorous and clever.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Death of YouTube Atheism?
Uploaded by rriverstone1 on Nov 17, 2011
Yes, this is rather long, so pour yourself a beverage, put your feet up and relax.
Video response to
The Atheist Community is Dead
http://youtu.be/Z1cyjun8lqo
Uploaded by LatumWay on Nov 15, 2011
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Response from Potholer54 and Amenakin
http://youtu.be/rNk8JpCB_dg
Amenakin, Censorin' For Islam
Uploaded by Thunderf00t on Oct 1, 2011
Note: by "You" in this video, I am speaking to atheists as a generality. Please don't take it personally, LatumWay!
Video response to
The Atheist Community is Dead
http://youtu.be/Z1cyjun8lqo
Uploaded by LatumWay on Nov 15, 2011
References:
Response from Potholer54 and Amenakin
http://youtu.be/rNk8JpCB_dg
Amenakin, Censorin' For Islam
Uploaded by Thunderf00t on Oct 1, 2011
Note: by "You" in this video, I am speaking to atheists as a generality. Please don't take it personally, LatumWay!
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For the jerk who actually believes I was comparing being Muslim with having Downs syndrome:
For the jerk who actually believes I was comparing being Muslim with having Downs syndrome:
This is so silly. I'm a non-neurotypical. My point is about stereotyping and dismissal, which is what you're doing right now. Physical differences of debate opponents do not contribute to arguments re: evolution & cosmology. Do you know any ppl w/Downs syndrome? Do you know their capacities? That's the point: assumptions get us nowhere and just stigmatize people.
Don't put words in my mouth; I can speak for myself. I don't decry TF for having no respect for her religion; I criticize him for using her physical appearance as an argument against her position on evolution, which is irrational, sexist and anti-Semitic.
Now, you have done EXACTLY what is keeping the so-called "atheist community" from not stagnating: you refused to listen to my whole statement, came to some pretty reactionary "conclusions" about my position without hearing me out, and chose to condemn me in ignorance. Is this because TF is a sacred cow of yours and you take personally my criticism of his debate tactics? I'm asking, not assuming.
I am a person with disabilities; I see how atheists on youtube liberally spread slurs about people like me: "brain dead, retarded, stupid, crazy, idiot......" keeping us in closets, chains, silence, shame, fear . . .
Your assumptions about me are the only hypocrisy I see here. And neither you, nor TF, knows why Amenakin wears a hijab, because neither of you ASKED her.
YOU WANTED TO DISMISS ME because I was making you uncomfortable; that's what I think. I think you were just looking for an excuse to silence another, uppity woman who dares question the wisdom of a "superstar" of atheist YouTube. I never stood a chance with you. It's your loss.
Ask TheLivingDinosaur, Goxster, Ms.Knight5, TheMudbrooker and others who've commented supportively on this video how hypocritical I am.
The part of the video you refused to see is about my personal journey of deconversion, coming out and finding a way to speak my truth for the first time in my life as a woman with disabilities, who is Queer. You also missed how I believe the atheist YouTube community can remain vibrant and proactive in the world, and model alternatives to people who've never been exposed to the world outside superstition. As I said, it's your loss. I expected narrow-minded people like you. I'm neither surprised nor taken aback by this nit picking.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
China Disabled People's Art Troupe
What people really need is just enough space and respect to be who they truly are, without the prejudices or assumptions of others, blocking them from their capabilities.
Imagine living with a disability. Imagine doing it in China. Yeah.
Uploaded by asiapacificarts on Dec 3, 2007
Asia Pacific Arts interviews Tai Lihua, the president and art director of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe. Tai discusses the history and purpose of the group, as well as the documentary "My Dream," produced to chronicle the troupe's performances.
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Guanyin or Kwanyin, the Goddess of Mercy.
~ China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, "Thousand-hand Guan Yin" Guan Yin is a Chinese goddess.Feeling music through speakers and guided by hand gestures, a troupe of deaf dancers in Beijing take steps to champion the rights of disabled people across the world ~
" Being deaf and mute, these disabled female performers endure pain and suffering in vigorous training, simply to deliver a message of love to mankind. "
Guanyin or Kwanyin (aka), the Goddess of Mercy also known by Westerners as the Chinese Goddess of love and compassion has long occupied a unique place not only in Buddhism, but also in Chinese culture. The Chinese word "Guanyin is an abbreviation of "Guan shi yin" which denotes" seeing the voice of the world if rendered literally. Such a deity can be called as the deity who looks in every direction or the "Regarder of the cries of suffering beings".
According to legend, Guanyin, the youngest daughter of a king, defied her father when he sought a husband for her. The angry king sent her away to a monastery with instructions that she should be compelled to obey. This only strengthened her resolve. So the king set fire to the monastery and ordered her execution when she was caught sitting erect reciting sutras. As she was about to be beheaded, the sword broke into two and a tiger from nowhere carried her away to a forest.
One day from afar she saw the king was sick and not responding to treatment, so she severed her arms and eyes to sacrifice them for him. The grieved king besought heaven and earth to make his daughter whole again. Soon, Guanyin had arms and eyes by the thousand, and bowing before her father, she urged him to practise good deeds to which the king readily agreed.
Actually legends have Guanyin in various forms. But the story of the Goddess in this one-thousand-hand form has had an immense appeal. Thus the thousand-hand deity is no longer an exclusive religious symbol but has become a popular cultural icon to religious followers and common folks alike.
The legendary Thousand-hand Guanyin as interpreted by the special artists plucked the heartstrings of the audience. In their rendition of the legendary goddess, they not only demonstrated their superb dancing skills in perfect unison with elegant and forceful movements, but attained a ye higher level to turn it into a live myth full of artistic appeal and stirring power on the stage.
Though we only saw one leading dancer on the stage, we saw in our mind's eye a whole collective where 21 troupe members fused together as one human being with one shared heart. What we saw on the stage was the one Thousand-hand Guanyin, serene, holy and beautiful, that existed in each of the dancers' hearts. While enjoying the colourful performance, we experienced a profound sense of tranquility and composure, a process of cleansing and purification of our souls.
We spetators can hardly imagine how much time and effort these artists must have invested in bringing about such a unique work of art. And only a collective with all its crew members bound together in unity, harmony and friendliness could make it.
The image of the Thousand-hand Guanyin is symbolic of maternal love and infinite compassion.
And the enlightenment we gain from the performance itself is that people with disabilities are also creators of both material and spiritual wealth. Such a spirit of perseverance in pursuing and creating a better life in the face of adversity should be followed by all of us.
Any copyrighted material in this video is copied for educational purposes only !
~ China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, "Thousand-hand Guan Yin" Guan Yin is a Chinese goddess.Feeling music through speakers and guided by hand gestures, a troupe of deaf dancers in Beijing take steps to champion the rights of disabled people across the world ~
" Being deaf and mute, these disabled female performers endure pain and suffering in vigorous training, simply to deliver a message of love to mankind. "
Guanyin or Kwanyin (aka), the Goddess of Mercy also known by Westerners as the Chinese Goddess of love and compassion has long occupied a unique place not only in Buddhism, but also in Chinese culture. The Chinese word "Guanyin is an abbreviation of "Guan shi yin" which denotes" seeing the voice of the world if rendered literally. Such a deity can be called as the deity who looks in every direction or the "Regarder of the cries of suffering beings".
According to legend, Guanyin, the youngest daughter of a king, defied her father when he sought a husband for her. The angry king sent her away to a monastery with instructions that she should be compelled to obey. This only strengthened her resolve. So the king set fire to the monastery and ordered her execution when she was caught sitting erect reciting sutras. As she was about to be beheaded, the sword broke into two and a tiger from nowhere carried her away to a forest.
One day from afar she saw the king was sick and not responding to treatment, so she severed her arms and eyes to sacrifice them for him. The grieved king besought heaven and earth to make his daughter whole again. Soon, Guanyin had arms and eyes by the thousand, and bowing before her father, she urged him to practise good deeds to which the king readily agreed.
Actually legends have Guanyin in various forms. But the story of the Goddess in this one-thousand-hand form has had an immense appeal. Thus the thousand-hand deity is no longer an exclusive religious symbol but has become a popular cultural icon to religious followers and common folks alike.
The legendary Thousand-hand Guanyin as interpreted by the special artists plucked the heartstrings of the audience. In their rendition of the legendary goddess, they not only demonstrated their superb dancing skills in perfect unison with elegant and forceful movements, but attained a ye higher level to turn it into a live myth full of artistic appeal and stirring power on the stage.
Though we only saw one leading dancer on the stage, we saw in our mind's eye a whole collective where 21 troupe members fused together as one human being with one shared heart. What we saw on the stage was the one Thousand-hand Guanyin, serene, holy and beautiful, that existed in each of the dancers' hearts. While enjoying the colourful performance, we experienced a profound sense of tranquility and composure, a process of cleansing and purification of our souls.
We spetators can hardly imagine how much time and effort these artists must have invested in bringing about such a unique work of art. And only a collective with all its crew members bound together in unity, harmony and friendliness could make it.
The image of the Thousand-hand Guanyin is symbolic of maternal love and infinite compassion.
And the enlightenment we gain from the performance itself is that people with disabilities are also creators of both material and spiritual wealth. Such a spirit of perseverance in pursuing and creating a better life in the face of adversity should be followed by all of us.
Any copyrighted material in this video is copied for educational purposes only !
Uploaded by MrShuriken on Sep 16, 2011
Remeber that all the people playing instruments in this are visually impaired.
A clip taken from a film called "My Dream".
Directed by Wang Honghai.
In his film My Dream, director Wang Hong Hai pays tribute to the stunning works in dance and music performed internationally by the 84 members of the China Handicapped Performers' Troupe. During a one-year period, Wang and his production staff lived together with the members of the troupe, recording their daily lives, practice sessions and efforts the performers made to train their bodies. The troupe was founded in Beijing in 1987 by a group of 30 artists and includes performers who have hearing or sight impairments. The film covers their history, process and performances. My Dream is a combination of documentary and visual poetry that transcends the limits of language and geography.
Please enjoy.
Mr.Ninja
A clip taken from a film called "My Dream".
Directed by Wang Honghai.
In his film My Dream, director Wang Hong Hai pays tribute to the stunning works in dance and music performed internationally by the 84 members of the China Handicapped Performers' Troupe. During a one-year period, Wang and his production staff lived together with the members of the troupe, recording their daily lives, practice sessions and efforts the performers made to train their bodies. The troupe was founded in Beijing in 1987 by a group of 30 artists and includes performers who have hearing or sight impairments. The film covers their history, process and performances. My Dream is a combination of documentary and visual poetry that transcends the limits of language and geography.
Please enjoy.
Mr.Ninja
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"Coexist?" What about me?
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I pointed out to a liberal friend that I won't "share" the "Coexist" flag on my FaceBook page, because it doesn't include representation of atheism.
A comment I made doesn't appear, anymore, on the thread. Could be a FaceBook glitch; could have been removed.
Atheists are actively persecuted in USA. We get fired, evicted, harassed, excluded, physically attacked, stalked. We can lose our children in a court of law. We are vilified by MANY sects on the planet. In some countries, laws say we are to be killed outright. My conclusion: religion kills.
Were you there, when dogmatic suspicions trumped the laws of other kinds?
Did you see me stand upon the cart- trembling in my binds?
Did you see me stare down on their faces with disgust
As those puritans did rally for the cause they knew was just?
Did you hear the noose man's order just before he draped my neck,
with a bulky length of rope above my temporary deck?
Did you smell the burning flesh of the thousands who before
had been burned upon the stake for the same crime I now bore?
Did you feel the pangs of lessons lost that history had to teach
As I looked upon the ground where my feet were out of reach?
As they pulled my cart away, did you hear the axel squeal,
while death's grip seized my throat, at the turning of the wheel?
Did you see the branch above me shake when laden with my weight?
Did join the crowd's conviction, or did you hesitate?
Did you find it at all peculiar, as the noose did seal my fate
That a witch my great stature couldn't even levitate?
That a dark demonic creature who could sap a down of hope
Was vanquished by some binder twine and a strand of inch-thick rope?
Did you smile with satisfaction when you heard my frail spine break,
Or did you stare into my pallid face and accept the great mistake?
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I pointed out to a liberal friend that I won't "share" the "Coexist" flag on my FaceBook page, because it doesn't include representation of atheism.
A comment I made doesn't appear, anymore, on the thread. Could be a FaceBook glitch; could have been removed.
Atheists are actively persecuted in USA. We get fired, evicted, harassed, excluded, physically attacked, stalked. We can lose our children in a court of law. We are vilified by MANY sects on the planet. In some countries, laws say we are to be killed outright. My conclusion: religion kills.
I explained my position in this thread, but the comment is not posted. I don't know if that is a FaceBook glitch, or if my comment was intentionally removed. To prevent this happening again, I have put my statement on my blog. It can be read below. Until atheism is part of the intentional dialogue on tolerance, until people of religion acknowledge and do something about their "brothers and sisters" who are actively seeking to persecute us, I cannot, in good conscience, post that image on my FaceBook feed. Ironi cally, I OWN and DISPLAY that flag at my home, and have been accused of Satanism in my redneck, fundamentalist community, as a result. Now, imagine if those same people knew: I'm not only an atheist; I'm a Queer, too. If you're not committed to protecting MY civil rights, I cannot, in good conscience, promote your message
I received a post on my FaceBook wall about the whole thing, and replied:
I don't see this as a personal attack by you. Please understand that. What I do see is that atheism, as an alternative perspective on the matter of faith, and atheists, as persons who are quite literally targeted by insecure ass hats who use their faith as an excuse to persecute, are too frequently left out of the dialogue by people who are discussing tolerance, coexistence, etc. This even happens in Unitarian Universalism, which is a fellowship of churches that state, specifically, that atheism and agnosticism -- as well as ALL faith traditions -- are welcome and respected in their fellowships. Then, if one of us has the nerve to speak up and say, "wait a minute! I have civil rights, too!" we get to hear how "angry, militant and provocative" we're being and how we don't respect the faiths of other folk. See, I DON'T respect faith; I respect reason. But I personally don't care what others believe, as long as they don't impose it on me. These days, that seldom happens. We HAVE to speak up for ourselves. There's a deliberate, calculated, theocratic movement afoot in USA right now. Atheists, Queers, other faiths & even denominations are being attacked. If we don't speak up, who will speak up for us? So, I felt it my responsibility to remind people of faith, once again, that I have a right to live in peace, too.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Rational Revolution
Dude! You totally edited the SNOT out of this baby! Let's see: it's about six and a half minutes long. That's like sixty hours work, the way you crammed images into it! Holy potatoes! Yeah, we need more tubes like this. We need anthems. We need courage and solidarity and high fives and moral support and validation. As the "Act Up" folk say, "Silence = Death," and we all on the verge of that these days! Excellent work! Passing it along on Facebook & my blog.
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Uploaded by proudtobeatheist1 on Nov 12, 2011
A collection of arguments against judaic religions.
Background music is an original song, written and performed by proudtobeatheist1
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Friday, November 11, 2011
The Infidel; News for the Damned (2011-11-11)
Uploaded by AtheismTV on Nov 11, 2011
Welcome to The Infidel; News for the Damned. This is a soon-to-be-daily news show for Atheists.
The Infidel needs you! If you like what you see, and if you wish to join our team, please contact atheismtv@gmail.com .
Today's news:
* Apologist will answer atheists' questions for $10
* Pat Robertson says "Christians should not join Occupy Wall Street"
* British monarchs are now allowed to marry Catholics
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Planet images: BionicDance http://www.youtube.com/BionicDance
Producer: NicolSD http://www.youtube.com/NicolSD
Music: Mansardian http://www.freesound.org/people/mansardian
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
License to Bully?
Uploaded by ProfMTH on Nov 6, 2011
A response to Decojuicer regarding a religious exemption in an anti-bullying bill that recently passed the Michigan State Senate.
Links:
1. Decojuicer's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRfEOTXYOTA
2. The text of "Matt's Safe School Law" as passed by Michigan's State Senate: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billengrossed/Senate/htm/20...
3. State Senator Gretchen Whitmer's statement against the bill as passed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDK-ja8PLgg
4. One organization's look at anti-bullying statutes and policies across the United States: http://www.bullypolice.org/
5. For 1st Amendment purposes, 'religion' is not limited to the beliefs and practices of believers. The United States Supreme Court and lower courts have said that atheism comes within the scope of the amendment's religion guarantees. See, e.g., Welsh v. United States http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&... and
Kaufman v. McCaughtry http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1467028.html
6. On the question that keeps coming up in comments about whether public schools may restrict speech, see, e.g., the United States Supreme Court's decision in Tinker v. Des Moines School District: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/tinker.html As the Court said in that case, schools may limit free speech in various ways, but public schools are not "enclaves of totalitarianism" where school officials "possess absolute authority." Students "are 'persons' under our Constitution" and, as such, "are possessed of fundamental rights which the State must respect."
Of Bullies and Wedges
Uploaded by TheMudbrooker on Nov 9, 2011
Just 'cuz I'm paranoid doesn't mean they ain't out to get us.
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Eugenie Scott: "Crusader against Creationism"
Uploaded by NatCen4ScienceEd on Nov 9, 2011
Scott sits down with the editor in chief of the Scientific American Book Club and talks about her years defending the teaching of evolution. When: 2/19/11
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Symphony of Science - Onward to the Edge!
Uploaded by melodysheep on Nov 9, 2011
mp3:http://bit.ly/oRYyiV
A musical investigation into the importance and inspirational qualities of space exploration (human and robotic), as well as a look at some of the amazing worlds in our solar system. Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Cox, and Carolyn Porco.
"Onward to the Edge" is the 12th installment in the Symphony of Science series. Materials used in this video are from :
My Favorite Universe
BBC Wonders of the Solar System
Carolyn Porco TED talk
NatGeo "Guide to the Planets"
Thanks for watching!
Lyrics:
[Neil deGrasse Tyson]
The act of moving onward means we pass these sign posts
One of them was first leaving earth
The next one is hanging out on the moon
What's next? The planets
Onward to the edge
We're moving onward to the edge
Here we are together
This fragile little world
[Brian Cox]
This is our sun
Just another star in a sea of stars
The heart of the solar system
Just another star in a sea of stars
Mercury is the closest planet
This tortured piece of rock has been stripped naked
[Tyson]
The moon has a sky
It has a horizon
It's another world
It's got earth in the sky
Just the way we have the moon in the sky
(refrain)
We're not the only world to think about
Worlds unnumbered
We're not the only world to think about
Think about worlds unnumbered
[Carolyn Porco]
There is a powerful recognition
That stirs within us
When we see our own little blue ocean planet
In the skies of other worlds
The Saturn system
Offers splendor beyond compare
Because of its rings
And very diverse moons
[Tyson]
These are no longer abstractions
These are worlds
Maybe there's life there
They've changed how we think about Earth
[Cox]
A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam
The pale blue dot
(refrain)
The laws of nature create
Vastly different worlds
With the tiniest of changes
[Tyson]
When I reach to the edge of the universe
I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery
There are times when, at least for now,
One must be content to love the questions themselves
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For Carl
Like a spanner I failed to get this in on time for the collaboration video organised by http://www.youtube.com/lefayad1991
the video he organised here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-yqIa8MGDI&feature=feedu
Carl Sagan's "Does Truth Matter"
Uploaded by C0nc0rdance on Nov 9, 2011
Today is Carl Sagan's birthday. November 12th is International Carl Sagan Day.
Thanks Carl, for all you did.
Read the full essay, of which this is a small excerpt:
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/does_truth_matter_science_pseudoscience_and_civ...
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Sunday, November 06, 2011
Islamophobes Call 'ME' A Hypocrite???
James, this is brilliant and, IMO, spot on. Some of the most strident atheists give tacit support to both xian & muslim extremists with their OWN sexism and homophobia, all the time. No muslim -- or xian, for that matter -- has ever called me a "cunt, whore, bitch, twat" on YouTube; atheists, from whose channels I've unsubscribed (exception: TheLivingDinosaur, but I'll send him a private video on the issue) use these epithets all the time. I'm sharing this with some folks I know. Thank you!
Uploaded by Ujames1978 on Nov 6, 2011
Please subscribe to both of Vincent's channels at the following links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Klingschor
http://www.youtube.com/user/Lorientalist
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Anonymous-Operation Facebook #OpFacebook
Uploaded by AnonymousMask96 on Nov 5, 2011
Greetings world, we are Anonymous.
There have been rumors of an impending attack on Facebook by Anonymous. This, however, is not true.
Though we do not agree with Facebook's privacy procedures, we understand that such an attack would not only hurt the people, but also weaken our cause.
By the same token, though, there may very well be an attack on Facebook. Anyone can call themselves Anonymous, and do what they will, but the collective will of Anonymous is that Facebook should be left alone.
We would ask any such hactivists to not do this attack in the name of Anonymous. Facebook allows friends and families to connect with one another. Anonymous understand the importance of this.
and renew our zeal for freedom. Let us not tarnish our reputation by participating in this meaningless attack.
The Legion has spoken.
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect Us.
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Uploaded by philhellenes on Nov 4, 2011
At least we're not them. And we're not them because of one crucial difference; here, people DO speak out. Question is, can you even hear?
Do you want to live in a real, mind-blowing, cosmic mystery...or a cartoon?
Apologies for the double-cheese ending but I found the lyrics just too appropriate. :)
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Opinion-Ville: The motivational question
In which dgeypscun answers my question.
My comment on YouTube: OMDog! Well, that'll teach me for opening my big mouth! Now, all the MRAs of atheism are convinced I'm a stone bitch! Can I sue you for slander or libel? "Demanded?" "Accused?" Who? Me? Blush! Ok, fine. That bit me in the arse, huh? Thanks. Has Bob been eating other puppets? He has fuzz on his top lip and kind of all over the rest of his face. You need a DIRT DEVIL! HA! I think I used to date Bob, but I'm not sure; he wasn't around very much, even when he was. Funny having Bob answer questions!
Oh, PS, may I please mirror this? I'd like to keep a copy for my lawyers. I mean friends.
Uploaded by dgeypscun on Nov 2, 2011
New segment with Bob Satan!
Only one segment today! Ariel is in the hospital for a sinus infection
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011
GOXnews revue on Oktober 2011
Not Live from Bulgaria.....
Uploaded by goxster on Nov 1, 2011
Today's topic are
2:00 First
Do you remember the Chile miners. It's a year ago. BUT How are they now after GOD has saved them
3: 50 Second
The sons of Abraham together in a news show
4: 17 Third
Revolt against the pope in the catholic church
5: 42 Fourth
The former German defense and army minister. OR where fraud can mean you
7:23 Fifth
A lifelong student with 90 semester of university studies
8:25 Sixth
Cyprus, a potential future war in Europe?
5:57 seventh
A new funny Archbishop
12:20 eight
A comment about a how to Skepticism with a cost calculation
Chile Mine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11518015
The sons of Abraham
http://lesenfantsdabraham.direct8.fr/
Popes beret flew away
http://thirdsecret.org/content.php?155-Pope-s-vigil-interrupted-by-strong-win...
Catholic cardinals and Bishops revolt against Benedict XVI
http://thirdsecret.org/content.php?156-Catholic-cardinals-and-Bishops-refuse-...
Defenestration
http://bible.cc/2_kings/9-33.htm
Von Guttenberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Theodor_zu_Guttenberg
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies
http://csis.org/
Peter Milger's videos about Guttenberg (in German)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6OAx1tVFZ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBYnyLwi8js
Freiherr Meinhard von Seckendorff (in German)
http://www.zeit.de/2011/14/CH-Seckendorff
http://www.zs-online.ch/zuercher-studierendenzeitung/artikel/archive/2011/feb...
Cyprus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus
Cyprus oil and gas controversy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14968737
Jean Claude Hollerich new Archbishop of Luxembourg
http://incaelo.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/two-years-in-the-making-a-new-archbis...
http://www.jesuit.org/index.php/2011/09/07/jesuit-appointed-archbishop-of-lux...
Jesuites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Private Message to TheLivingDinosaur of YouTube
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Sir,
You know, better than I, how good is your work, how much detail you put into it and how well written are your scripts. My point in writing is this: as sardonic and contemptuous as you may sound to the people you "pwn," I experience, in your videos, the preciousness of reality, the awe of curiosity, the joy of learning and the fragility of what is true. I hear a large and passionate heart in you, and that, Sir, impresses me far more than your talent with graphics, your clever turn of a phrase and even the accuracy of your science (which I deeply respect, and hold in the highest esteem).
You cheer me. In a dark and often gruesome world of small, petty people who would gleefully see me dead, were they to know I'm not only Queer, but an atheist -- a rural back water where the new hotdog restaurant (to be fair: he is a gourmet cook, uses only Nathan's Kosher dogs and makes, from scratch, such gourmet condiments as wasabi mayonaise, ginger sauce and bleu cheese garnish -- a fact that always delights and surprises me, given my location and the fact that cows here outnumber people by hundreds to one) is the biggest talk of the town until the next clandestine affair or crack house is exposed. My days can be rather bleak, at times.
Watching your videos is very similar to some of the best sexual experiences of my life in this regard: they are opulent, thoroughly engrossing, so intense they make it difficult to keep up, challenge me to be my best and most open and most alert self, a total joy and extremely satisfying to a part of my mind that can rarely experience enough stimulation under my circumstances of harsh poverty, lack of transportation or many other options and the fact that the nearest university, museums and live performances are seventy-five miles away.
I have to watch each of your videos at least twice. My eyes want to play with the pretty pictures as my brain tries to struggle its way through new information and concepts. Frequently, my eyes win and my brain goes into a tangential revere about some particularly intriguing image. I experience a sensation of waking up and realizing I don't have a clue what you've just said. I have learned to stifle the impulse to replay the "lost" portion of your script and simply go along for the ride, relax and enjoy it. I can always re-watch the entire video again, until I grasp the finer points and nuances, at which time I find myself HAVING to pause the video, in order to accommodate frequent, very loud laughter.
So, that is what your work on YouTube means to me. When my email tells me there's a new video posted from TheLivingDinosaur, I prepare for it. I wait until I have uninterrupted time, when I'm not too tired and really turn it into an event. I watch on full screen. I never snack, clean my finger nails, check email or do any form of multi-tasking; I devote my entire attention to what you've produced.
Thank you.
Sir,
You know, better than I, how good is your work, how much detail you put into it and how well written are your scripts. My point in writing is this: as sardonic and contemptuous as you may sound to the people you "pwn," I experience, in your videos, the preciousness of reality, the awe of curiosity, the joy of learning and the fragility of what is true. I hear a large and passionate heart in you, and that, Sir, impresses me far more than your talent with graphics, your clever turn of a phrase and even the accuracy of your science (which I deeply respect, and hold in the highest esteem).
You cheer me. In a dark and often gruesome world of small, petty people who would gleefully see me dead, were they to know I'm not only Queer, but an atheist -- a rural back water where the new hotdog restaurant (to be fair: he is a gourmet cook, uses only Nathan's Kosher dogs and makes, from scratch, such gourmet condiments as wasabi mayonaise, ginger sauce and bleu cheese garnish -- a fact that always delights and surprises me, given my location and the fact that cows here outnumber people by hundreds to one) is the biggest talk of the town until the next clandestine affair or crack house is exposed. My days can be rather bleak, at times.
Watching your videos is very similar to some of the best sexual experiences of my life in this regard: they are opulent, thoroughly engrossing, so intense they make it difficult to keep up, challenge me to be my best and most open and most alert self, a total joy and extremely satisfying to a part of my mind that can rarely experience enough stimulation under my circumstances of harsh poverty, lack of transportation or many other options and the fact that the nearest university, museums and live performances are seventy-five miles away.
I have to watch each of your videos at least twice. My eyes want to play with the pretty pictures as my brain tries to struggle its way through new information and concepts. Frequently, my eyes win and my brain goes into a tangential revere about some particularly intriguing image. I experience a sensation of waking up and realizing I don't have a clue what you've just said. I have learned to stifle the impulse to replay the "lost" portion of your script and simply go along for the ride, relax and enjoy it. I can always re-watch the entire video again, until I grasp the finer points and nuances, at which time I find myself HAVING to pause the video, in order to accommodate frequent, very loud laughter.
So, that is what your work on YouTube means to me. When my email tells me there's a new video posted from TheLivingDinosaur, I prepare for it. I wait until I have uninterrupted time, when I'm not too tired and really turn it into an event. I watch on full screen. I never snack, clean my finger nails, check email or do any form of multi-tasking; I devote my entire attention to what you've produced.
Thank you.
Website for TheLivingDinosaur:
http://thelivingdinosaur.webs.com/
Video that inspired my note:
Holy Hallucinations 28
http://youtu.be/5XXhfs4W8Qs
Uploaded by TheLivingDinosaur on Oct 25, 2011
My 'favorite' Youtube creationists at the PPSimmons channel have been at it again so, as per my vow, here is my response. Apologies for how long this video is. I'd initially thought it was going to be a short one, but it was only as I read PP's "sources" and did a little research I realized the magnitude of the shit-heap underlying this seemingly innocuous little piece of typical creationist propaganda. As it is there were a number of areas I would also have liked to gone into in more detail, including how Carl can feel that a change of 18 million years in a phylogeny is significant when he actually believes the world to be 6000 years old, and a deeper explanation of why science can only be as accurate as the data set it has to work with and why this means it is critical that it is able to modify hypotheses and theories in the light of new observations.
I have to say that putting together something this long has been very draining, so it's not something I'm planning to do again for a long, long time. Though, having said that, the record of creationist bullshittery seems to suggest that it is bound to happen again sometime (but hopefully not too soon).
PP's video amazingly still has comments enabled as of this upload, so it will be interesting to see how long it will be before they take down the comments section on this one. You can find this particular tele-visual turd here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1JXqKdkrs
Tas Wanker's 'article' can be found here:
http://creation.com/polish-tetrapod-footprints-trample-tiktaalik
Jonathan Farti's 'article' can be found here:
http://creation.com/tiktaalik-roseae-a-fishy-missing-link
Thanks to Lapkine77 for identifying the 'Guilt by Association' logical fallacy for me. Check out his channel at:
http://www.youtube.com/lapkine77
Also thanks to DiscoveringReligion for sending me the "bible brainwashing" graphic. If you don't know him, he makes SUPERB videos, and you really should check him out:
http://www.youtube.com/discoveringreligion
Intro by the one-and-only ONESPECIES (check him out too!):
http://www.youtube.com/ONESPECIES
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 55 in B flat major, (K 214).
References:
Clack, J. A. (2002). An Early Tetrapod from "Romer's Gap." Nature 418:, 72-76.
Daeschler, E. B., Shubin, N. H., and Jenkins, F. A. (2006). A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan. Nature 440:757-763.
Downs, J.P., Daeschler, E. B., Jenkins Jr, F.A., and Shubin, N. H. (2008). The cranial endoskeleton of Tiktaalik roseae. Nature 455:925-929.
Niedzwiedzki, G. et al. (2010). Tetrapod trackways from the early Middle Devonian period of Poland. Nature 463: 43-48.
Shubin, N. H., Daeschler, E. B., and Jenkins, F. A. (2006). The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb. Nature 440:764-771.
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