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Leonard Bernstein Being Sassy
>> ^BoneRemake:
am I effin missing something ? or do you people just have better weed then I do. the video is pointless ? ? ?
Normal Weather Patterns, OR GLOBAL WARMING?!?
That isn't true. The first meteorologist in the video said that it was all El Niño.
Why do you think that I doubt the in-between? I didn't claim that there is no in-between. I think that climate change is very likely to change our weather patterns. I'm just annoyed by the people I've heard blaming El Niño weather on climate change, which I see as irresponsible reporting meant to sensationalize the truth. Anyway, I've seen and heard this on local news stations. I'm sorry that I didn't provide quotes/links? I'm not writing a research paper, just commenting on a video on the interwebs.
xxovercastxx
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From about 8:20 on...
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I couldn't hear the last few words he said because my computer speakers suck, and I can't find my headphones. Now I'm frustrated.
Tales from a kangaroo shooter
gwiz665
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More choral goodness http://www.videosift.com/video/Eric-Whitacre-conducts-choral-masterpiece-Cloudburst
Eric Whitacre conducts choral masterpiece, Cloudburst
Fusionaut
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*quality
Gorgeous a Capella Rendition of Biebl's Ave Maria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVBsNUXg_YM
The sound quality isn't great, but it's still achingly beautiful.
Gorgeous a Capella Rendition of Biebl's Ave Maria
I always feel bad about asking people to use their power points for little old me.
>> ^gwiz665:
Excellent sift. It's too bad that stuff like this needs so much begging to get through.
Pro-tip, ask a friend you suspect will love it to quality it instead, that will make it fly out.
Germans in the Woods
One of my dear friends was in Afghanistan and was ordered to open fire in a home, reportedly full of hostile, armed civilians. When he entered the house, he saw that the people were children holding guns. They aimed their weapons at him, and he had no choice but to shoot them. He later found out that the children had been holding water guns, spray-painted black. If the man in this video is haunted by that one memory, I can't imagine what thousands of veterans and soldiers must go through every day. My friend has terrible PTSD and his life is falling apart because of it. It kind of pisses me off.
rougy
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Great find.
Good to see you again, Pinky.
Keep hoping I'll win you over to the bright side.
The side with both brains and empathy.
Gorgeous a Capella Rendition of Biebl's Ave Maria
Gorgeous a Capella Rendition of Biebl's Ave Maria
kulpims
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*promote
Gorgeous a Capella Rendition of Biebl's Ave Maria
Where's the culture?
Gorgeous a Capella Rendition of Biebl's Ave Maria
entr0py (Member Profile)
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>> ^thepinky:
I am very much in support of people who are gay, but I am slightly sick of hearing that when people make voting decisions based on their beliefs, they are somehow violating the "separation of church and state" doctrine.
Really, you've heard people make that argument more then once? Enough times to make you sick of it? If you can find some example that would be awesome, because it seems like a straw man to me.
lullaby_lune (Member Profile)
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Hey there,
I'm in and out of the Sift, so I'm just now taking a look at some of the comments on my Dr. Seuss Bible post. I wanted to thank you for your comment (about a month ago, now) mentioning how very unfunny a Crucifixion Machine actually is.
The video definitely has some dark humour.. that I wasn't quite sure how to take myself. (You might have noticed my caption) So I mostly preferred to present the video as-is and let other people decide for themselves how they were going to take it.
I love seeing the different styles and methods people use to retell stories - and yes, that includes sacred texts. Sadly, as you said, some people are too "eager to mock Christianity" to notice the cruelty in what was being presented. While I'm certainly glad a lot of people appreciated the humour in the video, I'm equally glad someone spoke out about the cruelty of it too.
So thanks!
Church of LDS, Racism, and Prop 8
Okay, okay, yes, I can see why you object to QM's comments. I don't quite agree with him myself. In fact, I think that many if not most people who oppose gay marriage don't really understand why they do it. But don't you think that it is hypocritical to call for reasons, and then dismiss every word that QM says as utter nonsense and drivel beneath your attention?
Another hypocritical practice is the call for sources and stats. I'm not singling you out on this; everybody does it. When someone agrees with you, you let them spew generalizations and shoddy facts all over the place, but when they disagree, all of a sudden you call for a research paper. For instance, the guy in this video did not cite the sources of all of his quotes (most of them are probably from anti-Mormon websites), but most of you seem to accept his statements as absolute fact. It's easy to believe every negative thing that you hear about a religion that you dislike, and it's also easy to hold them to a higher standard (i.e. being outraged by any reference to the civil rights movement from them, but not from the U.S. government, when both abolished racist practices years ago).
I can't say, "This organization may have been racist in the past, but it isn't now, and neither am I?" Ummm...why not? That's like Brits calling Americans racist because we abolished slavery after they did. It may have been a racist country in the past, but it isn't now, and neither am I.