“I Hate Nature 2,” by Olde English. If you watch one funny video today, make it this one - its classly and timeless from start to finish.
Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent.
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Richard Dawkins (via amplequotes)
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Bladerunner Tokyo, in large-format photography
The city resembles a jungle in principle. There is the shrub layer, consisting of millions of 1-3 story buildings, then there is the canopy made of 4-12 story buildings and the emergent layer, towering high above the rest, represented by skyscrapers. Leaves and branches are mimicked by the millions of air conditioners and antennas on the rooftops. Everything is interconnected through a liana meshwork, consisting of roads, railway tracks, stairs, pedestrian overpasses, elevators and escalators.
The pictures were shot mainly in twilight. The magic hour, where the houses are shining as bright as the residual daylight in the sky and the colourful neon signs melt with the green-blue of the beginning night. For me this is the most beautiful colour theme a city can offer.
The show, called “Tovbekarlar Yarisiyor,” or “Penitents Compete,” features a Muslim imam, a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi and a Buddhist monk attempting to persuade 10 atheists of the merits of their religion, according to CNN Turk. If they succeed, the contestants are rewarded with a pilgrimage to one of their chosen faith’s most sacred sites — Mecca for Muslims, Jerusalem for converts to Judaism, a trip to Tibet for Buddhists and the chance to visit Ephesus and the Vatican for Christians.
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TV gameshow offers atheists ‘salvation’ - CNN.com
You cant make this stuff up - i bet it would be interesting to see though, if it was well-done.
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Human rights abuses seem to also be quitely put behind you when you die on the cusp of your comeback tour. Just saying.
Almost 3 million Americans served in Vietnam. Between 1965 and 1975, the United States spent $111 billion on the war ($686 billion in FY2008 dollars).[195] This resulted in a large federal budget deficit. The war demonstrated that no power, not even a superpower, has unlimited strength and resources. But perhaps most significantly, the Vietnam War illustrated that political will, as much as material might, is a decisive factor in the outcome of conflicts.
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Vietnam War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This came up in conversation, and it bears repeating again. Wiki ftw.
When the former Republican vice presidential candidate returned to Alaska after the campaign and pressed her agenda, “she found…resistance, and she found as she looked up more and more that state time and resources were being just wasted with just frivolous ethics complaints coming in, and FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests and lawsuits — but to an extraordinary extent, and from literally those doing opposition research,” spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton told CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux on The Situation Room Friday. “And so she said really, is this good for Alaska? Is this what a governor is supposed to do, sit and watch money going down the drain?
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Palin stepping down this month - CNN.com
So wait, she stopped doing the job she was elected to do because there were too many FOIA requests? HOW can anyone buy this?
Auto-Tune Sports Press Conferences is Today’s BIG Thing in Music - JUN 23, 2009
This autotuned press confrence very well change your life. Watch.
There Is No Such Thing As Keeping Everything Under Control
