Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Batman: You Son of a Bitch – The Musical
After you're done with this one, be sure to follow the link underneath the video for Conan the Barbarian: The Musical!
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PIA15256: A Royal Celebration
This enormous section of the Milky Way galaxy is a mosaic of images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus are featured in this 1,000-square degree expanse. These constellations, named after an ancient Queen and King of Ethiopia in Greek mythology, are visible in the northern sky every night of the year as seen from most of the United States. To the unaided human eye, Cassiopeia is easily recognizable by the five bright stars that make up its "W" shape. However, WISE observed infrared light, where the sky takes on a very different appearance. The bright stars of the constellations fade into obscurity amongst the backdrop of millions of other stars revealed by WISE. Cool clouds of dust that fill the space between the stars in the Milky Way glow in infrared light and tell us more about the story of how stars are born, and how they die. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA. Tap © to visit the web site.
Find more pictures and learn more about the Universe in Star Walk app for iPhone and in Star Walk app for iPad
Monday, March 12, 2012
Legal Experts Destroy Rationale for Obama’s Assassination Policy … And Slam Democrats for Supporting It
The mere realization that we are having this discussion reminds me that the anti-war candidate Obama and the pro-war president Obama share little more than the ability to speak with eloquence.Attorney General Eric Holder announced at Northwestern University law school that the U.S. can assassinate U.S. citizens without any without disclosure of why they are even alleged to be baddies and without any review of any nature whatsoever by any judge, Congress or the American people.
Northwestern University's law school professor Joseph Margulies said:
I defy anyone to read [Holder's] speech and show any differences between Obama and Bush on these issues, They both say we are in a war not confined to particular battlefield. … Both say we can target citizens without judicial oversight and that can happen anywhere in the world.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.Columbia law school professor Scott Horton notes that this assassination strategy was created by Dick Cheney, and is being carried out by the Obama administration:
A lot of this seems to have been put in place under the tutelage of Dick Cheney. So here we see one of Dick Cheney's ideas being ratified by Barack Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder.
Who would have seen a president with more experience as a lawyer being complicit in this sort of undermining of liberty? Me, I did. A Chicago lawyer would only be marginally better than a Federal Reserve chairman in the oval office...(Obama is also implementing Cheney and the boys' plans for war in the Middle East and North Africa.)
Top constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley slams the Democratic Party for its complicity:
The choice of a law school was a curious place for discussion of authoritarian powers. Obama has replaced the constitutional protections afforded to citizens with a "trust me" pledge that Holder repeated.
Hipocrits in government? Say it ain't so!Senior administration officials have asserted that the president may kill an American anywhere and anytime, including in the United States. Holder's speech does not materially limit that claimed authority. He merely assures citizens that Obama will only kill those of us he finds abroad and a significant threat. Notably, Holder added, "Our legal authority is not limited to the battlefields in Afghanistan."
The Obama administration continues to stonewall efforts to get it to acknowledge the existence of a memo authorizing the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Democrats previously demanded the "torture memos" of the Bush administration that revealed both poor legal analysis by Judge Jay Bybee and Professor John Yoo to justify torture. Now, however, Democrats are largely silent in the face of a president claiming the right to unilaterally kill citizens.
So, does that mean that our Constitutional rights to due process will be observed when Americans become the focus of the Obama death squads? Does our future have a place for Judge Dredd?Holder became particularly cryptic in his assurance of caution in the use of this power, insisting that they will kill citizens only with "the consent of the nation involved or after a determination that the nation is unable or unwilling to deal effectively with a threat to the United States." What on earth does that mean?
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New Prometheus teaser trailer shows off Ridley Scott's strange space toys
Take a quick look at the brand new Prometheus trailer, and help us figure out what these strange laser balls are that that one character's holding. On Saturday March 17 at 4 PM PST, Ridley Scott will premiere the first full trailer for Prometheus with the movie's screenwriter Damon Lidelof at WonderCon. After the premiere, the two will host a Q&A which will be available to the rest of the world (more details on that to come). But until then, what are these wonderful new space toys? More »
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Ridley Scott's amazing Prometheus short film reveals the Weyland Corp's shining future
Ridley Scott just dropped an insane bit of viral marketing at this years TED Conference: an unhinged Prometheus inspired short film, in which Guy Pearce makes his first ever appearance as Peter Weyland, head of the Weyland corporation.
Yes, the very same evil megacorp that tried to kill Ripley and her feral adoptive child in Aliens (technically it had merged with Yutani and was officially Weyland-Yutani, but more on that later). Watch the birth of one of entertainment's most feared evil corporations.
We kind of love Pearce's vision for Weyland. A slightly raspy, unhinged gentleman who boasts of cybernetic individuals (like BISHOP) and bellows "We are the Gods now!"
In a recent interview Scott revealed that Pearce's character is truly the only real connective tissue between Prometheus and Alien.
"When the first Alien movie and Blade Runner were made, I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by large companies. This is why we have the Tyrell Corporation in Blade Runner, and Weyland-Yutani in Alien. They sent the Nostromo spaceship.
The Prometheus is owned by an entrepreneur called Peter Weyland, who is played by Guy Pearce. That's the connection between the two films, and nothing more. Prometheus is a new film, a new world, and is full of new ideas. And of course new monsters as well."
But we'll believe that when we see it. So where does Lance Henriksen fit into all of this? If Alien Vs. Predator is to be believed, he is Charles Bishop Weyland. So perhaps he's Peter's Grandfather? Then again, we highly doubt Scott is taking any notes from what happened in AVP.
[via TED2023]
Ridley Scott's amazing Prometheus short film reveals the Weyland Corp's shining future