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Cars - Gary Numan
>> ^gorgonheap:
I love how serious he looks. Like if he breaks a smile the song is ruined.


He looks that serious, because those were the 80s; sorry, pre-80s. To be honest, 44 upvotes for this video, does show our/the vidsifters average age, doesn’t it?




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maatc (Member Profile)
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True, I added it to that channel. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Shouldn't this be posted to the *Islamica channel?


Well, the channel is supposed to be dedicated to, i.a., celebrating the rich tapestry of Islamic culture, but lately it seemed to have filled it up with Pat Condell, Gitmo and suicide bombers, so I think your contribution is much appreciated.

Btw, you got the longest personal queue I've ever seen on the sift. I'd like to give you a few upvotes, but I don't know where to begin ;-).


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Khaled -Aicha
Shouldn't this be posted to the *Islamica channel?


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McCain shows geographical ignorance
Oops, he did it again: http://www.videosift.com/video/McCain-Goes-On-Today-Show-Gets-Clobbered-by-Vieira


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14 year old suicide bomber prevented from detonating bomb
@bcglorf

So by your logic, if Switzerland would’ve encouraged people to leave nazi-Germany it would’ve been responsible for anything else that happened to those people afterwards? No matter how badly Palestinians are treated in the neighbouring countries (I do agree in general on that point, but you might want to take a look at Jordan; at least one Palestinian over there is now a queen), if their situation in those countries is not much better, or maybe even worse, than it would be in Israel/PA, why don’t the Palestinians return... *rhetorical question mark*

But all that is beside the point. If something, anything bad happens to people in their own country, why would the neighbouring countries be more responsible than the government of the country itself?

Anyway, thanks for calling me just ignorant and not racist ;-).


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Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Point Blank Range.
Re Pallywood (thanks Pprt, I'd never heard the term before), to be honest: I learned not to watch television during meals when I was in the Middle East, because my European stomach couldn’t deal with all the lively images of Palestinian dead babies with only half a skull left. So there is a lot of propaganda out there. (I still don’t know whether the PA’s contribution at the World Fair in Tripolis, Libya, existing solely of gruesome pictures of wounded and dead Palestinians, plus the remains of Arafat’s crashed aircraft, was extremely sad or funny.)

But the problem is not so much that it is staged, as that images are shown in a certain context. However, no matter how much it makes you feel sick or angry, it is all part of free speech. I mean, will anybody seriously claim that the major news networks around the world don’t do the same?


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14 year old suicide bomber prevented from detonating bomb
>> ^bcglorf:
>> ^srd:
>> ^RedSky: Guess they would have been a bit hesitant with the news crew there.


Nah, the israeli military has no qualms about censorship or shooting (to kill) reporters.


Yeah, let's bash Israel over a clip about how their checkpoints stop a 14 year-old suicide bomber saving not only civilians, but the poor kid's life as well.

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Well, correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think the checkpoints are there to save disturbed and/or retarded 14-year old Palestinian kids.

And why would Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt be responsible for Palestinian lives? I’ve never seen any other neighbouring countries being blamed for what happened on their doorstep. Where the Netherlands ever blamed for what happened in Northern Ireland, or Switzerland for the millions killed in nazi-occupied Europe?

And please don’t call people ignorant racists just because they disagree with you.









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McCain shows geographical ignorance
I've no problem with him misspeaking (although the people in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan probably do) as long as he pushes the right button when he wants to nuke some country.


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Facts About Female Orgasms and Orgasmic Disorders
OMG, that was so awful, that I seriously need to swallow tons of anti-depressants and will have to watch Jenna Jameson vs Bill O’Reilly (http://www.videosift.com/video/Jenna-Jameson-on-OReilly-talks-about-Feminism-and-Porn) 10 times over to be able to come again, this year ;-).


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McCain shows geographical ignorance
Maybe, he isn't stupid. Maybe, it's just wishful thinking. Because, to be honest, Iraq will border Pakistan, once they've eradicated Iran...


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14 year old suicide bomber prevented from detonating bomb
A very sad story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussam_Abdo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3899015.stm


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What a Pretty Snake
*dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/Neverending-Snake


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Man Proves Existence of God by Electrocuting a Pickle
Religion is the electrotherapy of the masses?


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MrFisk (Member Profile)
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Rad! How about a motherfucking free *promote siftbot, you soulless naysayer?

Thanks for the support! Good to see that trained goldfish are important to a few other people ;-).


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Tracy Chapman - "Fast Car"
I'm more worried about these lyrics still making sense to me 20 years after. Or maybe I shouldn't ;-).


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