If they're hosted on youtube, there's a good chance they're dead. I just marked a bunch of 'em.
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If they're hosted on youtube, there's a good chance they're dead. I just marked a bunch of 'em.
The 60 char title limit kind of hindered me putting up a fully informative title as to this post.. It was discovered recently that Reznor's music along with a number of other bands is being used as torture at Gitmo. Their music is played at ear splitting levels, sometimes repeating the same song over and over for long durations.
This is all being done without any consent from the artists (did they at least legally purchase their copies?), and it would seem that any requests from the artists to have their music pulled from the 'enhanced interrogation' is being dismissed at a near hostile level by members of Liz Cheney's group, 'Keep America Safe'. All of my news concerning this is being pulled from The NIN Hotline, I found this particular quote interesting: "A "Keep America Safe" spokesperson went so far as to say "It's almost laughable to think that heavy metal bands like Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against the Machine have a moral authority on national security issues.". I guess loud edgy music must be evil and immoral even though it's almost always anything but, 'least the stuff I listen to. You can read more: at http://www.theninhotline.net/news/ Including an organized attempt at asking for an apology from Keep America Safe for deeming the artist's stance as laughable and having no moral leverage concerning the use of their music, and as they word it - to stand up for all awesome musicians who have enriched American culture and deserve to have their rights respected, not dismissed. David Rhode is a reporter who was held captive by the Taliban after securing an interview with one of their leaders.
I wanted to sift this but it's a javascript embed, so no dice. Part 5 will, presumably, be posted tomorrow. video: http://projects.nytimes.com/held-by-the-taliban article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/world/asia/18hostage.html OK, are the things said in this video speech by John Pilger that seems to be doing the rounds amongst a certain group of netizens
valid? I'm really, really busy at work at present, and haven't the time to look into all the claims against Obama, and I know that the sift has many strident supporters and also those who dislike him. What say you all as to the veracity of these claims? Yeah, these three travelers share something alright, a profound stupidity worthy of being selected against by evolution...
Who in their right mind thinks that hiking along the Iran/Iraq border as an American is advisable? http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/04/iran.americans/index.html Seriously, I have no compassion for these idiots. Iran can keep em as far as I'm concerned. 'We've had a few readers send in updates on the chaotic post-election situation in Iran. Twitter is providing better coverage than CNN at the moment. There are both tech and humanitarian angles to the story, as the two samples below illustrate.
First, Hugh Pickens writes with a report from The Times (UK) that "the Iranian government is mounting a campaign to disrupt independent media organizations and Web sites that air doubts about the validity of the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the nation's president. Reports from Tehran say that social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter were taken down after Mr Ahmadinejad claimed victory. SMS text messaging, a preferred medium of communication for young Iranians, has also been disabled. 'The blocking of access to foreign news media has been stepped up, according to Reporters Without Borders. 'The Internet is now very slow, like the mobile phone network. YouTube and Facebook are hard to access and pro-reform sites... are completely inaccessible.'" And reader momen abdullah sends in one of the more disturbing Ask Slashdots you are likely to see. "People, we need your urgent help in Iran. We are under attack by the government. They stole the election. And now are arresting everybody. They also filtered every sensitive Web page. But our problem is that they also block the SMS network and are scrambling satellite TVs. Please, can you help us to set up some sort of network using our home wireless access points? Can anybody show us a link on how to install small TV/radio stations? Any suggestion for setting up a network? Please tell us what to do or we are going to die in the a nuclear war between Iran and US." http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/06/14/183200/Iran-Moves-To-End-Facebook-Revolution?from=rss I don't know how this thread will be received or whether or not it belongs here, but I don't want to get flamed again so if you tend to become upset easily, please disregard the following. Or just flame me. Whatever you want.
I've been thinking about Henry David Thoreau's famous essay, originally titled "Resistance to Civil Government", but now commonly known as "Civil Disobedience". The second time I read it, it reminded me of VideoSift. I started thinking about some of the outraged comments that I sometimes read here regarding the US government. I've heard Bush called a "filthy murderer" and worse, and I have occassionally wondered, "Well, why don't you do something about it?" I am NOT criticizing you for failing to take direct action. Goodness knows that I don't do much but talk and vote. I'm just trying to raise a question. ... more inside ... Hi Sifties,
I'm having trouble with my avatar ever since my account was reincarnated after the Videosift Apocalypse. At first my account showed no avatar... fair enough. I went to upload a new picture, but when I hit "save changes" and then went back to the "Profile Settings" page, my OLD avatar was sitting there. Werid right? Well... I then clicked on my "Main-Profile Page", it showed my new avatar, but clipped incorrectly. I tried resizing it, but every time I upload a pic, the profile-settings page shows my old avatar while my user-page shows the new photo but clipped incorrectly. After uploading, if I go back to my User-page, and then back to the profile-settings page, it shows my NEW avatar, but clipped incorrectly. If I select 'delete avatar', and upload a new photo, the same thing happens. It seems a reference to my old avatar IS sitting in Siftbot's gears somewhere, and perhaps it's using the size of that image to clip my new image? Not a big deal, but it seems wonky at the very least, and at worst, Siftbot is storing extra avatars unnecessarily. Slashdot has an article up that is fairly funny. Videosift by proxy maybe an accessory to terrorism.
This stuff comes from "intelligence" gathered. So, so, sad. I get the feeling that these guys still send chain emails and receive them. Unlike most people of that type, they only believe half of them rather then all. ![]() (pictured above, quantumushroom at his ranch picking ripe guns off his gun tree) Rugged individualist, dissenter, VS citizen journalist and strict constructionist - quantumushroom - soldiers on against the combined forces of communism, libertarianism and scienceism here on the sift. Not one to take a hand out, he has pulled himself up by his own bootstraps - defying all known laws of physics - and earned himself a gold star. ... more inside ... This article popped up on a few blogs and forums today. Quite a read, even if only for shits 'n giggles.
Excerpts: “It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realise”. Indeed, doing the right thing is often difficult and can be personally or politically costly. Difficult decisions should not come as a surprise to the president-elect. It’s what you expect to get on your plate when you run for president of the United States of America, rather than for dog catcher. The moral turpitude and ethical spinelessness of the Bush administration over the Guantánamo Bay detention camp have also infected president-elect Barack Obama. The offshore detention and torture camp still holds 248 detainees. During his election campaign, Obama promised to close it. His proposed time table does not impress, however. While Obama is now expected to issue an executive order during his first week in office closing down Guantanamo Bay, the measure will not be implemented, that is, the camp won’t actually be closed, during the first hundred days of his administration. Source: ft.com/maverecon I thought I'd sift an article by Robert Fisk published yesterday on The Guardian. Robert has been a middle east correspondent for the last 30 years, he is one of the few that has managed to interview Osama Bin Laden(3 times).
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-why-do-they-hate-the-west-so-much-we-will-ask-1230046.html Today Israel attacked a UN car convoy, I'm intrigued if they will claim that Hamas was hiding in the convoy.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk Or even support a boycott in some cases?
I'm not sure what to make of this but it's pretty bizarre to read. http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/antiboycottcompliance.htm And speaking of bizarre... try this one: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RYZK4P4SLMSIKQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=212700457&_requestid=138419 I know most VS users are very knowledgeable about current politcal events, but it always useful to come upon infromation that helps cut through the BS Orwellian speak that this administration puts out on a daily basis.
I came across this blog post by the author Michael Haas who wrote the book: George W. Bush, War Criminal? The Bush Administration’s Liability for 269 War Crimes, which documents 269 war crimes and assesses the culpability of Bush and his administration. From his website....There are many misconceptions about the “war on terror” now being promoted by President George W. Bush in interviews and “talking points” to his minions. At least twelve need to be cleared up before he leaves office and they become accepted truth: http://www.uswarcrimes.com/?p=1522 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D942CCPG0&show_article=1
Choppers strike a village on the border of Syria and Iraq. Digg calls it an October surprise, I call it a dick move. More stuff the next president will have to clean up. http://johnaldchaffinch.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-vs-mccain-wisest-choice.html
A bunch load of the best videos about Obama and McCain. A lot of the vids are on Videosift http://xrl.in/j3h I was reading a story in some daily newspaper today about these three guys from Slovenia that were pulled over by a nervous police officer in Fredericksburg (VA) for taking photographs of a school bus from a moving vehicle.
You can read the official story here, but the whole incident was obviously too embarrassing to reveal what really happened (and of course they mistook Slovenia for Slovakia). One of the guys (Matej Markovič) was competing in a triathlon event, the other two were there as his support team. So, it was their first time in America. They never saw famous yellow school buses before so one of them shot a couple of pictures through a car window while they were driving by some school. That was on October 2nd, just after 8 o'clock in the morning. A police officer noticed this and followed them. He pulled them over after a while and came after them with a gun in his hands yelling: "I'm gonna shoot you, it's gonna be messy". In about ten minutes six other police cars arrived, but hey let them go after 45 minutes just to arrest them later that afternoon, this time with help from the FBI. Their excuse was that the guys are from "one of those countries" and talked about Chechnia a lot... That's right kids, I'm dedicating this to myself, because I got a yellow star today. Since genius is seldom understood, I have no intention of holding this against any of you liberals. I know you have my best interests in mind, along with that of my country.
Furthermore, I'd like to dedicate this occasion to a very special Shmawy, who we all know was unfairly banned recently. I'm sorry they did this to you, buddy, but I guess it's how it works around here. Next, I dedicate this to choggie, who is the only person besides me not afraid to speak his intelligent mind and who doesn't mince words. Many thanks to all who were undoubtedly planning to do this on my behalf, but I didn't do this for me. No, it was for Shmawy and choggie. Finally, whoever you flamers are who change my tags, don't ever do it again. XXOO Yours always, Defender of the Universe | Before Submitting to this Channel... Please have a Look at our Posting Guidlines.
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