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Florida Sammich Incoming? Oy Gevalt!

Doc_M (http://docm.videosift.com) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:30:11 -0700

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Two [future] hurricanes are now being tracked bound for the south eastern US. <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/refresh/AL0708W5+gif/143912W_sm.gif">Gustav's Cone of Death</a> shows it likely bound for the Mid-Gulf coast on Tuesday. <A href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT08/refresh/AL0808W5+gif/144212W_sm.gif">Hannah's Cone</a> shows it just off the coast of Florida Tuesday. Given the enormous size of hurricanes and their surrounding storms and such, Florida may be looking at some freaking weird and crazy weather. Think of two Cat 2/3 hurricanes close enough to interact at least on the fringe.

Floridians should be praying that the eyes of these storms wind up on the far edges of these probability cones. If they wind up on the inside, we could be seeing some really unique weather. Of course I don't know much about mereorology so it could wind up being just rainy, but it looks like it could be interesting at least.

Track and observe them here:

<a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov">National Hurricane Center</a>

or here:

http://www.weather.com/

http://hurricane.terrapin.com/

- Doc_M

Top Eleven Motherfuckers You Would Raise From The Dead & Give Superhuman Powers to

choggie (http://www.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:35:51 -0700

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A night of inspired debaucheries with two genius', laughing their asses silly....Now we need a similarly enthusiastic comic book artist, to work on storyboards for the epic that unfolds, on a planet that Superman would leave for MYTZLPLK's dimension, rather than get involved.....

Top Ten Motherfuckers You Would Raise From The Dead & Give Superhuman Powers to

11. Walt Disney- while within range, of any living , non-human , he has the power to turn the unfortunate creature, into a random interpretation of the psyche of any number of humans, who happen to get in his way-

10. Ed Wood Jr.-Power to cause any man, to heartily embrace his feminine side

9.. Princess Di-
(The power to appear to any man that she was the most beautiful woman they had ever seen, while at the same time making his dick shrivel

8.Mr .Rodgers-Ability to make anyone in his vicinity, comfortable with who they are, and the ability to see their own self worth, (but only once a day for thirty minutes).

7.Emperor Norton-while within range, the average person will find themselves immersed in an alternate reality, that is Emperor Norton’s paradigm.

6. Elvis Aaron Presley
Has the ability, to turn peanut butter and banana sandwiches, ..into bricks.

5.Nikola Tesla- Has the ability to generate unlimited power, with enough titties in his face, by spinning Thomas Edison in his grave, at rotational vectors approaching the speed of light…

4.Adolf Hitler and the power to restore foreskins….but only on his knees wearing a bunny suit

3.Doc Holiday-Never runs out of ammo, nor is there loss of edge on his blade, and exudes an unlimited supply of coke and N2O, from any pore on his body...

2. Mark Twain-Sam Clemens-Ability to keep Doc holiday occupied, and otherwise distracted….

*.1. R.Buckminster Fuller-Will Realize his power when he comes up with a way to use Tesla’s corpse-generator, to get him the fuck off the planet for which he once saw unlimited human potential…..

* See Plan B

- choggie

That Forecast Cone

dotdude (http://dotdude.videosift.com) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:14:42 -0700

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Tropical Storm Gustav (downgraded as I type) is not even in the Gulf of Mexico nor is it over Cuba, yet the local forecasters are already panicking our local populace with reminders about supplies they should purchase and things they should do in preparation. Here’s a bit of humor concerning the National Hurricane Center’s forecast cone.

The Weather Channel shows the cone and where the storm may hit along the Gulf Coast. Right now it extends from Texas to Florida.

Here are seven computer model projections. More of them have shifted west since I last looked at them. A high pressure system has been sitting over Florida. High pressure systems help protect an area. Too bad one isn't over my area right now.

- dotdude

Wait, What?

Doc_M (http://docm.videosift.com) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:05:23 -0700

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Today, an ABC reporter on a public street was arrested while taking video and pictures of elected public officials.

The story goes like this:

ABC news was working on a story about the funding of the events surrounding the DNC. Reporter Asa Eslocker was taking video and pictures of senators and lobbyists outside of the Brown Palace Hotel. He was on the sidewalk of a public street. He was first informed (falsely perhaps?) that the sidewalk was owned by the hotel and that he had to vacate it. "The sheriff's officer is seen telling Eslocker the sidewalk is owned by the hotel. Later he is seen pushing Eslocker off the sidewalk into oncoming traffic, forcing him to the other side of the street.(1)" Soon, a Denver police officer arrived, arrested him, and haulled him off in handcuffs... Police on the scene refused (legally) to tell ABC lawyers the cause of the arrest. Later they informed them that the charges were tresspassing, Interferance, and Refusal to obey a lawful order.

ABC is naturally upset. I'm not sure what to think seeing as how it seems that the hotel may have owned the property and had ordered him off of it. He seemed to disobey this order, thus tresspassing. But, it all seems eerily dubious, and I thought the sidewalks in cities were the property of the city and hence, the public. They are in my town and in the last town I lived in.

Any thoughts?

I couldn't find video and I have a feeling we would only get to see the parts that look to exhonerate the reporter anyway.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Conventions/story?id=5668622

Edit, Thanks NordlichReiter:

http://www.videosift.com/video/ABC-Reporter-Arrested-Taking-Pictures-of-Senators-Donors

- Doc_M

A visual representation of my entire weekend.

NicoleBee (http://nicolebee.videosift.com) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:39:01 -0700

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I hate displacements!!

Now entering hair-pulling territory. I think I've tried about as many displacement and memory settings I can think of.

(cry for help)

- NicoleBee

I Like Turtles

swampgirl (http://swampgirl.videosift.com) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:25:00 -0700

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Here's my son modeling his mohawk and new fav t-shirt. Grandma's gonna flip over the hair

- swampgirl

How the Bush Administration Attempted a Major Power Grab via attempted Navy JAG politicization

Constitutional_Patriot (http://patriot.videosift.com) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:45:30 -0700

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_{Lawyers with too much integrity}

"The administration is likely to defend its effort to bring JAG lawyers into line with administration policies as a traditional exercise of civilian authority over the military. But civilian authority does not mean that presidential appointees with an agenda should have free rein over professional, nonpartisan service members. If the country is going to have a corps of high-quality uniformed attorneys in its armed services, Congress should kill any proposals for politicizing the JAG lawyers."

- Constitutional_Patriot

fear me.

swampgirl (http://swampgirl.videosift.com) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:20:17 -0700

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But don't worry guys, I'm into British pre-20th century chick flicks right now....

- swampgirl

My Dream Job

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:12:16 -0700

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Aside from selling my soul in little pieces, have I mentioned lately that I love, love, love running VideoSift?

It's a satisfying feeling to read all the comments and see the connections and friendships that are here on the Sift. I'm not a naturally outgoing person- (kind of a hermit actually) but I value the friends I've made here and feel like I could probably sleep on many of your couches. (always a possibility)

I guess what I'm saying is that this is my dream job -- or maybe more of a dream pastime at the moment with job-like hours (ask Persephone) - but I wouldn't/couldn't give it up.

Beyond the personal connections- I'm hooked on Google Analytics and watching where in the world people are coming from for the first time to reach us. It gives me a sense of how big the Web really is. Today for example, we got linked in from what looks like a fairly tame link-dump site in India which will send us about 15,000 visitors by the end of the day. We also get regularly linked from this French gaming site that I wish I could read. Yesterday we got linked from some BBC radio show. Though I know it's self-serving (narcissistic?) to dwell on this stuff - it's such a blast to follow the web of links that leads back to our community. It's a big Sift world.

I don't usually gush like this, but there you are - big group hug. It is Friday, but I'm not drunk - I promise.

- dag

Cats and dogs living together... mass hysteria!

Sarzy (http://sarzy.videosift.com) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:45:16 -0700

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If you build it, they will come... depending on the disparity between the American / Canadian dollar.

Apparently, they've just opened Toronto's biggest movie studio, the Filmport, only... no one's interested. It's empty. The part that really struck me from the article was this:

Additionally, Universal is eyeing Filmport for its "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" project, which is based on a comic by local writer Bryan Lee O'Malley and set in Toronto. But with the Canadian dollar at near parity with the American greenback, and New York offering a 35 percent tax credit, Universal producers also are considering the Big Apple as a stand-in for Toronto.

New York as a stand-in for Toronto?? Wha...? Toronto has doubled for New York in what I'm sure amounts to hundreds of movies and TV shows, but New York doubling for Toronto? Has that ever happened? What has the world come to?

- Sarzy