Fun times.NightCrawler said:http://universenumberfive.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/newt-gingrich-rally-in-las-vegas-interrupted-by-local-grindcore-band-2/
Fun times.NightCrawler said:http://universenumberfive.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/newt-gingrich-rally-in-las-vegas-interrupted-by-local-grindcore-band-2/
RIP. I was at the Otakon panel back in 2009.Studio Nue co-founder Haruka Takachiho reported on Wednesday that Noboru Ishiguro, the veteran director of such works as Space Battleship Yamato, the first color Astro Boy anime series (1980), The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes, has passed away. He was 73.
Ishiguro directed some of the most highly regarded anime classics of the last five decades, including those listed above as well as Megazone 23, The Super Dimension Century Orguss, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? film, and Yōkai Ningen Bem. Ishiguro also conceived of Megazone 23's story and founded Artland in 1978, the studio that co-produced Macross, Orguss and Galactic Heroes, and animated more recent titles such as Mushi-Shi, Demon King Daimao, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Most recently, Ishiguro directed the 2008-2009 television anime series Tytania, which was based on a series of novels by Galactic Heroes author Yoshiki Tanaka, and Pattenrai!! - Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari, a 2009 film based on the life of Yoichi Hatta, the Japanese engineer that helped modernize Taiwan when it was a colony of Japan.
Ishiguro was scheduled to attend North Carolina's Animazement convention on May 25-27. He attended past U.S. conventions such as several Anime Expo events, Anime Weekend Atlanta in 2007, and Otakon in 2009.
I'm just happy I was able to meet him before he died. He's such a cool guy.
At his panel at Otakon '09, he told the entire audience to stand up and play rock-paper-scissors with him, where anyone who lost had to sit down, and the winner won a T-shirt or something. It came down to myself and two other people, whom he invited up on stage for the final round. I ended up coming in second place, but I still ended up winning a prize from him: his used, Dorito-encrusted LoGH mousepad, which he randomly pulled from his laptop bag. He even autographed it for me. I'll never forget that.
I was at Anime Expo 2002 with a friend of mine. Were chatting about Giant Robo etc and suddenly, a wild Noburo Ishiguro appears and walks by. No handlers, no nothing, just strolling through the lobby. My friend walks over and says hi, points at Ishiguro, points at his back, and surprisingly, Ishiguro nods enthusiastically and suddenly hops on my friends back, who proceeds to run around the lobby with Noburo Ishiguro on his back for a good 2 minutes.
Groovy Metal Fist said:http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57400837-501465/video-games-scrutinized-new-bill-seeks-violent-warning-labels/
Congressmen Joe Baca and Frank Wolf want to introduce a law to require all video games rated 'E' or higher to carry the label "WARNING: Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior."
A politician is a crowd pleaser who pisses everyone off. I would explain why this bill sucks but that would feel like explaining why you shouldn't click on an ad saying you won a free ipod.
Vampire_Hunter_Bob said:No big deal, it won't pass. If it does, it'll lose in court.
Griffith said:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/opinion/please-stop-apologizing.html?_r=4
A brisk read. I much prefer the man in print.
NightCrawler said:I have to register to read this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/opinion/please-stop-apologizing.html?_r=4 said:Please Stop Apologizing
By BILL MAHER
Published: March 21, 2012
THIS week, Robert De Niro made a joke about first ladies, and Newt Gingrich said it was “inexcusable and the president should apologize for him.” Of course, if something is “inexcusable,” an apology doesn’t make any difference, but then again, neither does Newt Gingrich.
Mr. De Niro was speaking at a fund-raiser with the first lady, Michelle Obama. Here’s the joke: “Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?”
The first lady’s press secretary declared the joke “inappropriate,” and Mr. De Niro said his remarks were “not meant to offend.” So, as these things go, even if the terrible damage can never be undone, at least the healing can begin. And we can move on to the next time we choose sides and pretend to be outraged about nothing.
When did we get it in our heads that we have the right to never hear anything we don’t like? In the last year, we’ve been shocked and appalled by the unbelievable insensitivity of Nike shoes, the Fighting Sioux, Hank Williams Jr., Cee Lo Green, Ashton Kutcher, Tracy Morgan, Don Imus, Kirk Cameron, Gilbert Gottfried, the Super Bowl halftime show and the ESPN guys who used the wrong cliché for Jeremy Lin after everyone else used all the others. Who can keep up?
This week, President Obama’s chief political strategist, David Axelrod, described Mitt Romney’s constant advertising barrage in Illinois as a “Mittzkrieg,” and instantly the Republican Jewish Coalition was outraged and called out Mr. Axelrod’s “Holocaust and Nazi imagery” as “disturbing.” Because the message of “Mittzkrieg” was clear: Kill all the Jews. Then the coalition demanded not only that Mr. Axelrod apologize immediately but also that Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz “publicly rebuke” him. For a pun! For punning against humanity!
The right side of America is mad at President Obama because he hugged the late Derrick Bell, a law professor who believed we live in a racist country, 22 years ago; the left side of America is mad at Rush Limbaugh for seemingly proving him right.
If it weren’t for throwing conniption fits, we wouldn’t get any exercise at all.
I have a better idea. Let’s have an amnesty — from the left and the right — on every made-up, fake, totally insincere, playacted hurt, insult, slight and affront. Let’s make this Sunday the National Day of No Outrage. One day a year when you will not find some tiny thing someone did or said and pretend you can barely continue functioning until they apologize.
If that doesn’t work, what about this: If you see or hear something you don’t like in the media, just go on with your life. Turn the page or flip the dial or pick up your roll of quarters and leave the booth.
The answer to whenever another human being annoys you is not “make them go away forever.” We need to learn to coexist, and it’s actually pretty easy to do. For example, I find Rush Limbaugh obnoxious, but I’ve been able to coexist comfortably with him for 20 years by using this simple method: I never listen to his program. The only time I hear him is when I’m at a stoplight next to a pickup truck.
When the lady at Costco gives you a free sample of its new ham pudding and you don’t like it, you spit it into a napkin and keep shopping. You don’t declare a holy war on ham.
I don’t want to live in a country where no one ever says anything that offends anyone. That’s why we have Canada. That’s not us. If we sand down our rough edges and drain all the color, emotion and spontaneity out of our discourse, we’ll end up with political candidates who never say anything but the safest, blandest, emptiest, most unctuous focus-grouped platitudes and cant. In other words, we’ll get Mitt Romney.
"Trayvon Martin decked the Neighborhood Watch volunteer ... climbed on top of [him] and slammed his head into the sidewalk several times, leaving him bloody and battered."
"That is the account Zimmerman gave police," the paper said, "and much of it has been corroborated by witnesses, authorities say."
Aazealh said:Didn't Zimmerman pursue Martin while he was trying to get away? If so, I can understand why Martin would have fought. He was getting harassed by a stranger. Haven't really followed this whole thing but the way it's been portrayed, it looks like Zimmerman was looking for trouble. Trying to be a vigilante? Either way he shot an innocent man.
Vampire_Hunter_Bob said:That isn't a good enough excuse for what lead up to Zimmerman chasing the kid, fighting him, and then shooting him dead. The guy had no business doing what he did, literally no one was threatened by the Martin walking around.
A northern California man who says he was attacked by a mountain lion while out on a hike has a helpful hand - or claw - to thank for his life.
Robert Biggs, 69, of Paradise, Calif., says he was saved by a helpful bear.
Biggs set out Monday morning for one of his usual hiking and gold-panning trips near Whiskey Flats when he came across a mother bear, yearling, and cub sitting on a stream bank. Biggs said he stopped to watch the bears for a few moments, but, as he turned to leave, something jumped on his back and knocked him to his knees.
"My backpack raises up over my head and a mountain lion latched on to it," Biggs said.
Biggs hit the lion on the head with a rock pick he was carrying when he saw the bear grab the lion by the neck, Biggs said. The two animals struggled on the ground for a few seconds before the lion got free and ran away, he added.
"I think the lion was stalking the bear's cub and I got in the way," Biggs said. "The bear walked calmly back to her cub after, and I wrapped my arm up with a T-shirt and went gold panning before I went home."
Biggs returned home to his shocked wife, Suzanne, who said she tried to convince him to go to the doctor, but has still had no luck.
"I was pretty worried when I saw all of the blood on his clothes, but he's being very stubborn," Suzanne Biggs said. "I thought he should go in case of rabies, but Bob isn't worried."
Biggs has returned to the site of the attack four times this week. The couple has never worried about encountering large animals in the area before.
"I am going to think twice about going down there now," Suzanne Biggs said, "but I'm more cautious than Bob."
Biggs said he has no problem returning to the area, and is recovering.
"I poured some hydrogen peroxide on my arm, and it feels fine," Biggs said. "It's black and blue from the wrist to the elbow and you can still see the puncture wounds, but it feels fine."
"It's black and blue from the wrist to the elbow and you can still see the puncture wounds, but it feels fine."
Aazealh said:Lol, yeah it's fine man, no problem here!
*2 weeks later*
"Sorry sir, we have to amputate."
Yeah, dog bites are very serious, a dog's saliva has a lot of bacteria, if a bite is left untreated it can even lead to death. You should always wash the wound and look for swelling. A bit of googling led me to this article, give it a read !Vampire_Hunter_Bob said:Speaking of horrific infections, I had a friend that nearly needed to have her arm amputated because of a bite from a small dog (in a relatively short amount of time as well: 1-2 days [I don't know how infections work, please don't make fun of me]). They saved her arm, but well hopefully this guy turns out alright.