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Newly re-released as a Criterion Collection selection, fans of the 1982 cross-dressing comedy may want to revisit this Sydney Pollack directed classic that stars Dustin Hoffman, Teri Garr, Bill Murray and Jessica Lange. On its surface, Tootsie is a warm-hearted story about a down on his luck actor who disguises himself as a woman in order to land a role on a soap opera. However, look a bit deeper and you'll discover the poignancy and depth of a film that raised questions about society's capacity to grapple with issues of gender, sexuality, identity and equality. At the film's core are questions regarding gender roles and how they function socially and at the unconscious level of individuals and their relationships. The Criterion Collection version provides a wealth of interviews, an essay and short films detailing the making of the movie.
Kalamazoo is really fortunate to be home to an Alamo Drafthouse; they are one of the most prestigious theater chains in the world. As a massive film geek, I don't spend my movie-going dollars anywhere else. One reason for this (beyond the strict no-talking, no-texting policy) is their penchant for bringing independent, foreign, and art-house films to Kalamazoo—ones that would never normally play in our mid-sized market. In fact, the Austin-based company has its very own distribution arm and, as you can imagine, they specialize in "provocative, visionary and artfully unusual films new and old from around the world" (their own words). Some of the many great movies found under the Drafthouse Films label include A Band Called Death, The Act of Killing, The Overnighters, A Field in England, and many more.One recent favorite of theirs I saw was a creepy indie film called Spring that one promotional blurb perfectly referred to as "Richard Linklater meets H.P. Lovecraft." As a fan of both creators, this intrigued me. The story follows a young man who sets off to backpack around Europe after his mother dies and the rest of his life falls apart. In Italy, he begins a flirtation with an attractive-yet-aloof young woman, and the two spend a lot of time walking and talking around her scenic coastal village, much like Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy did in Linklater's Before Sunrise series. However, the woman is harboring a dark secret—one that evokes the primordial horror of Lovecraft tales, and one that may pose a threat to more than just their relationship. To say more would be to spoil, but I definitely recommend checking the film out if you're looking for an unusual twist on two familiar genres. And be sure to check other Drafthouse Films, both here at KPL and at downtown's Alamo Drafthouse location!
Albert Maysles, the trailblazing documentary filmmaker passed away a few months ago but his unique cinematic and narrative vision, innovative editing practices and observational attentiveness are still available to enjoy through the viewing of some of his most important works, including: Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter, Salesman, LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (coming soon!), and Primary.
Every year, dozens of horror films are dumped on the movie-going public—many of them profitable, most of them awful. Thankfully, each year there always seems to be one or two gems that manage to make it to market, and as a fan of the genre, it is my duty to seek them out. Last year, one of these instant cult classics was The Babadook, the terrifying (if curiously titled) Australian film debut from writer-director Jennifer Kent. I discovered this film at my annual pilgrimage to the Traverse City Film Festival and have been singing its praises since.
The Babadook follows Amelia, a beleaguered single mother whose troubled young son, Samuel, is a very taxing ward. Samuel has a hyperactive fear of monsters and a predilection for making homemade weapons, which gets him into a lot of trouble both at home and at school. He constantly seeks nighttime refuge in his mother's bed, tense and clinging. Amelia finds herself overworked, overstressed, and severely deprived of sleep. She also harbors an unspoken resentment of her son; she secretly blames him for the death of her husband, who died in a car accident while taking her to the hospital the night Samuel was born.
The film gets its title from a children's storybook that Amelia finds in her house: Mister Babadook tells the tale of a ghastly figure in a black overcoat and top hat who terrorizes children and represents one's darkest impulses. Once Amelia reads this book to her son, they begin to be tormented by an unsettling presence. But is there really a monster named Babadook after them, or is Amelia just becoming psychologically unraveled? Either way, danger will reach a boiling point.
The Babadook plays like a Tim Burton acid-trip gone horribly wrong. It's arguably the most intense film I've ever sat through—even without the dread-inducing bogeyman, the reluctantly dutiful relationship between mother and son is such a source of angst and consternation that you'll be clenching your fists and gritting your teeth for the majority of the film's running time. All of which is to say, this film is a must-see for horror fans. It's one that will get under your skin and stick with you, because much like the eponymous storybook suggests, once you let him in, you can't get rid of The Babadook.
We own a comprehensive reference book called 1001 Movies You Must See before You Die. I've used it on several occasions to select titles for the collection. I am pleased to report that the library owns many of these classic films. I thought I would share a film from each decade, highlighted by the editors of the book. There are many films that we simply cannot add to the collection because they are not available or out of print. Intolerance (1916)—D.W. Griffith's attempt to counter the negative reception of his previous film The Birth of a NationMetropolis (1927)—Widely considered by critics as the first, science fiction epic, Fritz Lang's Metropolis was far ahead of its time, incorporating elements of sex, violence and special effects into the plot structure. It so confused audiences with its various allusions, subtext and allegories that it bombed at the box office. The 39 Steps (1935)—Before making films that unnerved American audiences in the 1950's and 60's, British director Alfred Hitchcock made this high octane film that employs the trope of the character who unwittingly sees something they're not supposed to see and who then becomes entangled in a mystery (that always involves a chase) that endangers their life.The Philadelphia Story (1940)—Slapstick and romance never worked so well in this star power-driven farce that features Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn.Umberto D (1952)—Made during the peak of Italian Neorealism's influence, Vittorio De Sica's heartbreaking tale of the daily struggles of an elderly man and his pet dog will undoubtedly produce a tear or two. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)—One of the great film adaptations of a stage play, Mike Nichols' film was successful in due part to having a real life married couple playing the lead characters. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor give electrifying performances in this dialogue-heavy portrait of marital gamesmanship. Killer of Sheep (1977)—Considered by many critics an essential piece of American independent movie-making, Killer of Sheep was Charles Burnett's first feature and his most critically praised. Subtle yet moving, the film established itself as one of the first films to depict African Americans as ordinary subjects going about their everyday lives, burdened yet dynamic, imbued with dignity and agency. My Left Foot (1989)—The first of three Oscars for actor Daniel Day-Lewis who gives a fantastic performance in this portrait of one man's extraordinary spirit in the face of physical limitations and social prejudice.Goodfellas (1990)—With all due respect to The Godfather trilogy, this is the greatest mob film and arguably Martin Scorsese's best work.Russian Ark (2001)—The film that ultimately achieved the technical feat that Hitchcock once sought to accomplish (cameras ran out of film after 10 minutes in the late 40's)—a film shot in one continuous take without a single cut.
Last month, The Criterion Collection re-released a new version of the animated classic Watership Down (1978), an allegorical film that explores themes related to human conflict and political repression through the eyes of a band of rabbits, seeking a peaceful life, far away from the dangers posed by human development and other predatory animals. Working as an intense, often grim critique of the environmental cost of land development, a small group of rabbits led by Hazel, Bigwig and Fiver, attempt to flee both the dangers posed by people and an increasingly authoritarian rabbit society, one that could be read as a symbol of the rigid class divisions in Britain of the late 1970's. Beautifully drawn, scored and voiced, Watership Down hasn't lost its power to question and explore social and environmental dynamics, much of which remains germane today.
Here are some selected titles that staff feel are hidden gems, secret treasures or unknown classics that you may have missed or simply never knew existed. Before Ryan Gosling was a huge movie star and occasional internet meme, he made the quirky, small budget film Lars and the Real Girl, a tale about a socially awkward man who falls in love with…yes…a blow up doll. Years before he struck it big with Birdman, Alejandro Innaritu directed Amores Perros, a gritty film set in Mexico City that connects several storylines and characters together ala Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia or Innaritu's more commercially successful work Babel.Safe is "a profoundly unsettling work from the great American director Todd Haynes, Safe functions on multiple levels: as a prescient commentary on self-help culture, as a metaphor for the AIDS crisis, as a drama about class and social estrangement, and as a horror film about what you cannot see. This revelatory drama was named the best film of the 1990s in a Village Voice poll of more than fifty critics."—The Criterion CollectionPrior to Peter Jackson's adaptations of the Lord of the Rings books, he and a young and relatively unknown actress named Kate Winslet collaborated on Heavenly Creatures, a shocking, true crime story that took place in New Zealand in the 1950's. Two teenage girls develop an inseparable bond and as their fantasy-fueled relationship grows increasingly lethal, their parents attempt to break them apart.Forbidden Games is a 1952 French film that depicts the macabre yet childlike way that an orphaned girl grapples with her grief after her parents are killed by the Germans during World War II. Befriended by a young boy and taken in by his peasant family, the adults are ill equipped to sympathize with the grisly ways in which the children cope with the trauma of war.Certified Copy might be one of the more unique and certainly beguiling films to explore the complexities and narrative like qualities of a relationship. Similar to the Richard Linklater "Before" trilogy in that these films focus on dialogue more so than plotting and action, Iranian master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami tackles questions about truth, authenticity and subjectivity both in how these ideas manifest themselves within human relationships as well as art.Shadows was the first film from maverick American director John Cassavetes and while it doesn't possess the richness and complexity of his later films, it marked a key moment in the history of American cinema for its low budget appearance and verite approach. Exploring interracial relationships in New York City during the Beat-era and originally scored by bassist Charles Mingus, Shadows is considered by historians as an early prototype for what came to be dubbed "independent cinema."Election—Alexander Payne's debut hits all the right marks when it comes to this high school-set black comedy starring a fantastic Reese Witherspoon as the hyper-achieving foil to Matthew Broderick's squeaky clean teacher.Muriel—Alain Resnais, the late French master of fragmented pyscho-dramas with beguiling plot structures made his name with Hiroshima Mon Amour and Late Year at Marienbad but fans of those works should give this lesser known work the attention it deserves.
One of the most significant and original British directors of the post-war era, Nicolas Roeg has carved out a unique and influential oeuvre, making radically inventive films that advanced the grammar of cinema. Narratively complex and often puzzling films that work like mosaics, his films tend to have very powerful images and enigmatic shifts in tone that work to foster unease and uncertainty. Known for innovations in plotting, sound effects and editing, Roeg's most well-known movies are his finest beginning in 1970 with the beguiling Performance, starring Mick Jagger. Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1975), Bad Timing (1980), and Insignificance (1985) have all been deemed by critics as significant contributions to movie making for their adventurous, envelope-pushing qualities. The Criterion Collection has recently released arguably his best and most commercially successful film, the psychological thriller Don't Look Now, a film so full of misdirection and subtle ambiguities, viewers will want to return again and again to plumb its possible meanings. The film, ostensibly about a grieving couple working through their trauma takes on a more sinister tone when viewers are confronted early on in the film with the possibility that "nothing is what it seems." An absolute masterpiece without categorization.
Civil War enthusiasts will be sorely disappointed if they watch the brilliant film Sherman's March believing that the critically acclaimed, National Film Registry inclusion is about the 19th century war and the union general's destructive rampage of the South. Ross McElwee's autobiographical documentaries are poignant, self-deprecating and honest examinations of his life, notably his sometimes troubled relationship with family members, women and the South (he was born in Charlotte, NC). Noted for the humor and candor that he brings to his one-man, low production films about his angst-filled life, McElwee's significant works are collected in The Ross McElwee DVD Collection. These are personal works that meditate on existential and universal themes: death, birth, love and family.
March is Women's History Month and so in keeping with the theme of highlighting the achievements and contributions of women involved with movie-making, here's a list of writers, directors and some of their groundbreaking works.Ava DuVernay (I Will Follow, Middle of Nowhere, Selma)Agnes Varda (Cleo from 5 to 7, Vagabond)Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty)Lena Dunham (Girls, Tiny Furniture)Maya Deren (Maya Deren: Experimental Films)Penny Marshall (A League of Their Own)Allison Anders (Border Radio)Claire Denis (White Material, Bastards)Chantal Akerman (From the Other Side, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles)Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher)Ida Lupino (The Hitchhiker)Elaine May (The Birdcage, A New Leaf)
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The Washington Post's Ceci Connolly was at a demonstration of the new Medicare drug discount cards yesterday lead by none other than Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. Connolly points out that despite the aggressive marketing toward seniors, confusion still abounds about drug prices. LINK
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The morning shows were light on politics this morning. All three led with former prisoner Thomas Hamill, who made a statement in Germany minutes before 7:00 am ET.
NBC's "Today Show" had a tell on Bush and Kerry, highlighting in a straightforward way Kerry's ad buy, Bush's bus tour and Kerry's plan to focus on education today. CBS had a Bill Plante package on the same topic. Plante noted that Kerry's ads were designed to counter critics who have argued Kerry has not defined himself -- and that Bush continues to define Kerry.
Vanity Fair author Robert Sam Anson visited NBC's "Today" to discuss his article on former President Clinton. Anson reports that the President "has not changed a bit" since he left Washington, and that "he has still not figured out how to handle himself, post White House." In previewing 42's much anticipated autobiography, Anson Noted that "you will read a lot about what it is like to be a southerner growing up" from the boy from Arkansas. Turning to presidential politics, Anson predicted Clinton will "try to take an enormous role in Kerry's candidacy," but was unsure about what effect or access he may be granted to the campaign.
Ambassador Joe Wilson appeared on CNN's "American Morning" to discuss his new book "Politics of Truth." "This was a question of holding your government accountable," Wilson said of his objecting to some of the intelligence used by the President in his State of the Union address. "This was a question of your civic duty." Bill Hemmer noted that Wilson had endorsed Sen. Kerry and that the White House refused to comment on the record to Wilson's book. "I guess they believe your book does not deserve comment," Hemmer mused.
The Washington Times' Steve Miller looks at the state of Nader's ballot access efforts. Nader says he has been having trouble getting signatures in Texas where, he says, his volunteer petitioners are being blocked by officials on public property. Nader's Texas deadline is only a week away. He needs to get 64,000 signatures there by May 10. LINK
The Village Voice's Harry G. Levine writes that in 2000 Ralph Nader ran a "suicide bomber" campaign. He quotes Nader's nephew, Tarek Milleron, who Levine says, told him they wanted to punish the Democrats, in particular Gore. "We want to hurt them, wound them," Milleron allegedly said. LINK
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Indiana voters head to the polls today for a Republican primary between former OMB Director Mitch Daniels and attorney Eric Miller. Daniels is expected to win comfortably, but if Miller creeps up well into the 30s, then there will be some talkin' at the very least. Polls are open from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm ET. There is no party registration in Indiana, so voters can go to the polls and vote on either the Republican or Democratic ballot on primary day.
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Dragons bigger than McFarlane Toys dragons?
I like the imagination and detail present in the dragon series by McFarlane Toys, but . . . they're just too darn small.
Does anyone make similar sculptures, but maybe two or three times larger?
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I think WOTC makes a red dragon D&D miniature that's pretty big.
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I don't remember the detail in that one approaching what McFarlane Toys has.
The plastic fire really turned me off. I'm looking for something a bit more refined. Maybe such a thing doesn't exist?
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McFarlane does have "special edition" dragons that are a bit bigger than the others. Like this one:
I'm planning on making some dragon sculptures but I am slow to getting around to them.
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Hi there, don't know if this is any good to ya...
I came across this satue at the tgs07 it was about 2 by 4 foot ish.
From what I could read it's the 'sky king' form the Monster Hunter game series.
This was the site that was displayed with the statue gillgill.com (it's in japanese)
I did find a smaller toy from various places.......
Good luck in your search, also check out dreamsorcerer's work, he's done a couple of dragons
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I'd describe #PseudoLiberals as liberals that have something of the Post Modern Relativism about them. They are individuals that form a loose collective that think they are being particularly good lefty liberals by giving unbounded respect to those playing the offence game in the face of criticism – common with regard to the offended religious.
Their genuine concern for the oppressed and persecuted fogs their view of the very oppressive and persecutory practices of some the people they seek to support or the belief systems that they hold to, and will even blame valid criticisms of the minorities' beliefs and label the critics as persecutors.
Nothing should prevent reasonable people objecting to any immoral practices that any group engage in, and there should not be a problem with criticising their ideas – especially when those ideas are going to govern their actions towards others.
From honour killings and FGM, to illegal attempts to implement Sharia law, and even to many of the tenets of Islam that are essentially terror tactics: apostasy, blasphemy, heresy, takfir, stoning adulterers, there is much that a western democratic liberal has reason to object to in Islamic belief and practice – no matter what the race, skin colour, origins or religion of both parties to the dispute, believer in the dogma or critic of it, might be.
For the record, because one just has to spell it out, repeatedly …
and, even though I will argue with them on philosophy, science and religion, THIS IS MY TYPE OF MUSLIM!
But take this, from the Quran, 24:2
The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse – lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion of Allah, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.
If this is acceptable to you, as a Muslim, or even if you want to come up with some stupid theological scholarly (LOL!) reason for why it might be acceptable in some context (there's always that slippery context), then you are an anti-humanist I have strong issues with. If your holy book is so inerrant that this cannot be seen as an error, then we have issues. If you are a Muslim that manages to disown this and all the other hateful crap, then I marvel at your cognitive contortions, but we're OK, at least from my perspective. Still think your religion is daft.
While #PseudoLiberals generally agree with the criticisms levelled against the practices mentioned above, and the many atrocities carried out in the name of Islam, they are often reluctant to express that publicly, and they make a lot of noise when someone does – shooting the messenger, albeit metaphorically, which isn't always the case with disgruntled Islamists, sadly, and that's sort of the point, isn't it.
A lot of the hand waving seems to be linked to the western guilt of the #PseudoLiberals – quite valid in itself often enough, but there's an all too easy move they make from one unconnected thing to another. So, no, New Atheists are not promoting or excusing western state sponsored terrorism, as one #PseudoLiberal implied, just because that's not the area of expertise or main interest of New Atheists. The clue is in the name, New Atheism focuses on theism and a-theism, and politics in that context. As I said above, many of the New Atheists are humanists, and in other contexts will also criticise or agree with the #PseudoLiberal criticism of our western governments' state policies and practices. But that this isn't central to their work doesn't mean they are denying such criticism.
#PseudoLiberals aren't immune to their own pride contributing to the false representations of New Atheists. The way this often goes is that the #PseudoLiberal will jump on some bandwagon of criticism of New Atheists, and when shown to be mistaken they are more likely to keep digging that hole rather than weigh up the arguments fairly. It's unbelievable how often they'll misrepresent, be corrected, and then go on to misrepresent with the same factually incorrect material. Contrast this with both Dawkins and Harris, who often correct or explain, and are quite humble in saying, well, yes, I could have said that better, or I retract that. Rare from #PseudoLiberals.
In the case of New Atheist criticism of Islam, the #PseudoLiberals have heard the duplicitous cries of Muslims being offended and they work themselves up into such a frenzy that they would rather propagate lies about New Atheist critics of religion than actually take the trouble to face the many dilemmas that arise from good people believing truly awful things. They are able, often in a single statement, to condemn the violence of the religious, claim it's nothing to do with religion, and blame New Atheist for that violence by the explicit use of misrepresentation.
Being offended is the heads up public victimhood side of the manipulative coin, with the terror tactics of apostasy, blasphemy, heresy and Takfir emblazoned on the tails side. The #PseudoLiberals are cheats playing with a double headed coin.
#PseudoLiberals engage in the limp logic that manages to accuse New Atheists of beliefs they don't actually hold, while denouncing the violent actions of Muslims, and yet excusing the horrendous beliefs inherent in religion, particularly in Islam, under the banner of tolerance and respect.
Some Examples of the Problem
These are the arguments made against New Atheists follwoing events like #CharleiHebdo and #ChapelHillShooting.
New Atheists Criticise Islam
#PseudoLiberals assert that New Atheists hate all Muslims. And despite the explicit explanation of why this is not so the #PseudoLiberals continue to spread this lie.
Lone Atheist Hicks Kills Muslims
Hicks had been in some dispute with the victims, over what seems a trivial (compared to death) matter of parking, and it has also been reported by a resident of his condominium that he has expressed "equal opportunity" anger, but the full story hasn't come out yet. Although there's a macho element to his Facebook page, and a single (as far as I know) picture of a gun, his page is mostly full of the humanist arguments against religion generally – and it's hardly what could be called hatred, and in fact is full of quotes expressing very liberal and humanist views. The only intolerance that's obvious is the intolerance of intolerant religions.
The reason for the shooting remains a mystery for now as the police investigation continues. And desipite his wife saying that in her opinion it really wasn't a hate crime of religion or race, that hasn't stopped the #PseudoLiberals making their own uniformed minds up.
#PseudoLiberals have decided that the very humanistic aspects of New Atheism, and Harris and Dawkins in particular, are not sufficient reason to believe they are anything but pedallers of hatred and the direct or indirect cause of this act by Hicks. New Atheists incited this violence.
The New Atheists very clearly criticise Islam, but are explicitly not racist or persecuting of Muslims, and not even claiming all Muslims follow all tenets of the Islam as criticised. But none of that matters to #PseudoLiberals .
Some Muslims Kill Lots of People, Citing Islam
Some Muslims kill people for criticising Islam in terms that upset them. Some critics of Islam draw cartoons, and some Muslims kill them for it, or attempt to kill them for it, or claim they should be killed for it. Some Muslims kill other Muslims for not being the right type of Muslim.
#PseudoLiberals are sure to condemn the killing. But here's where the logic gets scarily bizarre, because according to #PseudoLiberals:
- The culprits are not true Muslims and were not doing it in the name of Islam.
- Much of this killing is the fault of New Atheists like Dawkins and Harris. Why? Because they excessively criticise a beloved prophet which offends the Muslims; and worse, these New Atheists blame all Muslims for the killing, and in fact the New Atheists claim all Muslims are terrorists.
Lies, but no matter, the #PseudoLiberals have made up their minds.
Now it seems to me that (1) and (2) just don't sit right. If the killers are not true Muslims and didn't do it in the name of Islam, then in what way are critics of Islam responsible for those killings? How have they even contributed to it?
Imagine these scenarios.
Glenn Greenwald makes a career living off the revelations of Snowden on the spying activities of the NSA. Fair enough; it's to our benefit that he does that, right?
But then some guy reads Greenwald, and agrees with him on how bad the NSA is. He's a #Greenwaldian. But this guy then learns some spying techniques and uses them against innocent citizens. And then people that don't like Greenwald claim it's Greenwald's fault for inciting the spying of the #Greenwaldian. Would that wash?
And then some NSA agents kill some liberals that have also published some of the Snowden material, by presenting it in cartoon form. And people that don't like Greenwald claim 1) The killing was nothing to do with the NSA, and 2) It was Greenwald's fault for revealing the NSA antics in the first place. Would that wash?
The Culprits
Who would make such dumb fucking arguments? Here's a list of some of the #Greenwaldian characters.
Glenn Greenwald
The man himself. Just follow him and he'll cough up phlegm soon enough. Here's an example where he's more interested in having a dig at Harris than looking at what Harris and Maajid Nawaz are trying to do. Nawaz is an inconvenience in the #Greenwaldian narrative.
Greenwald has so convinced that himself that Harris is a racist that Greenwald thinks Harris can be friends with 'brown people', like Maajid Nawaz and Ayaan Hirsi Ali only for self serving purposes. Opportunist Greenwald judges others by his own standards, or at least by his own biased expectations.
Reza Aslan
Simply denies anyone actually believes any of the literal religious stuff anyway, and blames New Atheists, and Harris in particular, for stirring up nonsense about religiously motivated violence. In denying religion does much motivating it makes you wonder what Aslan thinks it's good for. Does it not motivate people to do good? Not sure how you can have one without the other if the religious texts contain both incitement to do good and to do violence. But that's the logic of #PseudoLiberals for you.
Never slow to hop on TV and smugly and authoritatively denounce Sam Harris with a bunch of repeated misrepresentations. Comes across as a nice guy, but he's pretty sly.
In the case of #CharlieHebdo, he did condemn the killings, and made a wider point about the problems within Islamist groups, informed by Wahhabism. And that's exactly the kind of criticism New Atheists make, but then he says this:
"What really I think puts an obstacle in the way is opinions like Ayaan [Hirsi Ali]'s and so many others in the political and the media mainstream who continue to say that 1.7 billion people are responsible for the actions of these extremists."
Which is the fucking problem. Who the fuck in the New Atheists has said 1.7 billion Muslims are responsible for these actions? Where he continues to fail is not accepting that it's these extremists that are following the texts, having accused Harris elsewhere of reading the Quran literally.
Well, yes, Harris is listens to extremists say they are following the texts, looks at the texts and says, yes, I can see how they get that, so the text is the source of their understanding of Islam – the text is Islam because that's how the texts define Islam.
It's all well and good Aslan saying most Muslims don't follow the text, when even many 'moderates' agree with it in principle, because it's inerrant. There's a double speak that goes on in Islam and its interface with the western world, and Aslan contributes to it.
Too few Muslims are facing up to this duplicity, but thankfully some are, and for the record, here's a couple of groups that are:
On the whole I'd say Aslan's self serving mixed messages are part of the problem.
Some have called out Reza Aslan's duplicity.
Robert Wright
Not in the same league as Greenwald and Aslan, but takes the opportunity to have a pop at Harris when he can.
Here he uses an interview with Michael Shermer, on Shermer's book, to demonise Harris and New Atheists for offending people. And in the same interview says there are times when straight talking is needed. What you find with these #PseudoLiberals is that they are good on criticism of New Atheists while still holding to much of the atheist criticism of religion, but they don't offer any solution that goes beyond shutting up so as not to offend.
Rebecca Watson
Didn't expect to have this critic of religion on the list? But on Chapel Hill:
"But on the other hand, it's difficult to imagine what would drive someone to murder three people over something so stupid, unless the murderer for some reason did not see his victims as full humans deserving of the right to life."
Well, people do kill each other over really silly things. You live in the USA, Rebecca. Do you not watch the news? Is his general attitude to his neighbours not a clue that it could well have been over a stupid parking lot? Personal space boundaries have been known to be a point of dispute that incites violence.
"And if you have paid any attention to the current state of capital-A-Atheism, you would have to see the growing problem with the continued dehumanization of Muslims, women, and other marginalized groups by community leaders like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Lawrence Krauss, the organizations that support them with awards and speaking engagements, and the mass of young and angry atheists on sites like Reddit."
This is just fucking bullshit. The real story here is #ElevatorGate payback, with some #GamerGate thrown in.
Basically FtB and Skepchick and others don't like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, and anyone who might complain about the excessive abuse they get – so now Michael Nugent is a target at FtB (when they aren't pretending to ignore him – count the 'Not Listening' posts. Lawrence Krauss has upset them in the past, and being a buddy of Dawkins that puts him in the same pile. Jerry Coyne is sometimes a target, but the Coyne/Myers non-exchanges often have a biology/evolution twist. It's a long story.
"That's how the "men's rights movement" led to …"
Oh, yeah, there's that too.
And this:
"Knowing what we know about the end result of dehumanization combined with violent rhetoric, maybe it's time that atheists as a group decide to retire this cartoon, which may have been true once but hasn't been relevant at least since Dawkins started Tweeting about why women who don't abort fetuses with Downs Syndrome are immoral:"
This is disgraceful opportunism from Rebecca Watson.
The cartoon is still true, because of course what Dawkins was saying was nothing to do with New Atheist criticism of Islam, and much less to do with Chapel Hill.
Dawkins was not saying women who don't abort foetuses with Downs Syndrome are immoral. His point on Downs Syndrome was that the decision to abort is a difficult one, and that we shouldn't be judgemental about anyone choosing to abort a Downs Syndrome foetus, and that one can even argue there's some moral argument for not putting the mother or the child through the inevitable tough life ahead. Pointing out a morally positive reason one might want to abort is not declaring that people that don't abort are immoral, but rather pointing out the moral dilemma that has no easy solution because there are arguments either way.
The crazy thing, and the reason you can tell it's an old vendetta at work here, is that Watson is pro-choice too. If you're pro-choice the woman doesn't even need an additional justification for aborting a foetus. Dawkins was simply making a case that would help those struggling with the choice of aborting in some cases. It's a bit like when Krauss questioned the moral objection to incest – Yuk! Some topics are beyond the pale for #PseudoLiberals.
The hypocrisy here is unbelievable. So quick to denounce Dawkins for tweets that can be maliciously interpreted, when they have done the malicious interpretation. And then Watson has a whole post in which to be clear, and the only clear reading of her post is that it has nothing to do with Chapel Hill or atheism.
Chapel Hill? An opportunity not to be missed.
Cal Colgan
Cal Colgan is a #Greenwaldian that thinks along the same lines.
He tweeted,
""New Atheist" idiots are turning nonbelief into the very violent fanaticism they oppose. We atheists shd condemn this [link]".
Colgan is a researcher for Media Matters, according to his Twitter bio. And Media Matters is about …
"to systematically monitor a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation – news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda."
Guess it must have been Cal's day off doing research challenging misinformation, unreliability, inaccuracy. Great job Cal.
You can see more of that conversation here.
Mehdi Hasan
An old time Muslim #Greenwaldian. A democratic liberal secular Muslim that raises many good social issues, but in his defence of his Islam isn't above coming out with the same old incorrect stuff about New Atheist.
Here's a post based on his Facebook page, where he wrote along side a link to a piece on the Chapel Hill shooting:
"Will we now see lots of pieces calling for 'reform' of New Atheism and a search for 'moderate' New Atheists? #justasking". As if there is any doctrine to reform – unlike Islam.
Cenk Uygur
I didn't expect this. Maybe I haven't been paying attention to Cenk because I've focused on the TYT general political issues.
I saw Cenk engaged in a studio shake down of Sam Harris, with some of the usual crew and some other guy I can't recall. Then I saw him let Reza Aslan have an easy time telling his lies. And, in a return interview with Harris, Cenk really grilled Harris.
My complaint isn't about the grilling of Harris. Cenk sorta did his job that day, though by then it was obvious the interview was loaded with Cenk's preconceptions about Harris, confirmed for him, I'm sure, in the Aslan interview. But he let Aslan take him on a stroll through the anti-Harris park with barely a quizzical glance.
Cenk made the point somewhere, about his uncle being a Muslim and how he's just an ordinary nice guy, and I thought, yeah, emotion is in control there. Of course you love your Muslim family, and yeah, they are living a 'normal' life of not engaging in the crazy shit that's in the Quran and the Hadith – but that doesn't get Islam, which is the Quran and Hadith, off the hook; and it's the Quran and Hadith that Harris is criticising, not your deal old uncle and all the other ordinary people that happen to have been indoctrinated into Islam. Cenk, you numbskull, you criticise conservatism politics, but you know damned well not all conservatives are total dicks. Don't you think Harris understands this distinction between Islam and most Muslims?
Apparently you don't:
Another point Cenk made was he hadn't read much of Harris; and yet he could tell us what he thought Harris thought and said, based then on what some other people had to say about Harris – hearsay passes for research then on TYT?
Harris is not the Muslim hating bigot Aslan (and Greenwald) make out – far from it, it's his humanism that sparks his criticism of Islam because Islam contains the dogma so easily turned to hate and violence. But Cenk bought into the Aslan message.
Rabah Kherbane
Not someone I'd class as a liberal, though he's into human rights. Deserves an honorary mention for the headline:
Chapel Hill Shooting: How Many More Until We Realise This Is A Trend?
I don't know. Hicks is one, so will two do it for you Rabah? No doubt you'll wait in hope for the next martyrs. If not two, then how about as many as this: Islamic Terrorist Attacks. Let me know when we evil New Atheists are close.


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Non verbal signals of attraction???
What are a few non verbal signals and sign that shows a guy is into you aside from saying it.
Most Helpful Opinion
For most guys, it's that they're paying lots of extra attention to you in some way.
- He smiles at you.
- He stares at you all the time, even if he turns away when you look so he doesn't get "caught."
- He goes out of his way to talk to you, even crossing the room to do so.
- He tries to stay physically close to you; sitting next to you, standing beside you, etc.
- He touches you (hand/arm/shoulder/small-of-back, etc.) when he usually doesn't with people.
- He does things for you: gets you coffee, carries in your groceries, buys or makes you things, etc.
Some guys are too shy to do much more than stare, but it shouldn't be too hard to tell that they're paying you noticeably more attention than they pay to other people, especially other girls.
Now, what's even more important for you to know is that they are doing all of this so that you'll notice that he's interested in you, and what HE is looking for is some indications from YOU that YOU are interested in HIM.
- Do you smile back?
- Do you go out of your way to talk to him or include him in conversations?
- Do you get physically close to him, or touch him?
- Etc.
Guys who are giving you "non-verbal signs of attraction" are guys who aren't bold enough just to come right out and ask you out, or to verbalize their attraction for you, so they are trying to tell you, non-verbally, that "hey, I like you." If you don't give them a positive response, either verbally or through your own actions and body language, then the guy will assume that you aren't interested, and he'll never make a move and will probably just fade away before too long.
From the guy's point of view, he doesn't want to risk outright rejection, so he's "testing the waters" to see if you have some interest in him before he asks you. If he doesn't see any, and if it isn't CLEAR to him that it IS interest, then he'll assume there isn't any, and will move on to another girl so he doesn't have to hear an ego-crushing "no" from you. That's why, if you like a guy, and he's showing interest in you, it's SO important that you show it back. Remember, too, that he's already afraid you don't like him, and is likely to need some solid proof that you do. If he's unsure about your body language, then he'll default back to his position of "she could never like someone like me." So you need to make your responses crystal clear and obvious, so that he can have no doubt.
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The way he is sitting down, if his torso is facing you, then it is a sign, but this one is hard to read.
Another sign is if you are sitting across the table, if he is relaxed and has his legs spread wide open, then it is a strong sign that he finds you safe to talk to.
What if he's always sat next to me? He's always got his legs spread out, but I can't think of a single time where I have sat opposit him lol
If he is sitting to your right, he would tilt his body left then. Or he will cross his right leg over his left leg, sign that he is open. If he sits to your right and crosses his left leg over his right, then this is a bad sign, it means his on the defensive.
trusting his hips back and forth while he bites his lip and looks at you
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a downvote its a downarrow because somebody didn't like my answer as you can see
None of the ones mentioned, the most clear signs are along the lines of him not acting confident around you, getting stuck in finding things to say, fidgeting, nervouseness, his voice has low volume, or maybe gets high in pitch, he says a lot of dumb things, he tries to impress you in lame ways.
Even if he is a master player and a boss with most girls, if he really likes you, he will have these signs or some, if these signs are not present then he doesn't like you for anything else other than sex or just friends.
if you havnt noticed with the amount of flippent jokes posted here, there ARNT any visual signs.
Men don't work using signals please learn this lol
If a guy likes you then he probably spends more attention on you than he HAS to.
And as long as he's confident he will probably just tell you anyway
You are 19 years old kid, what do you know about body language, have you even gotten laid? Begone with your baby experiences.
If we can't take our eyes off of you, that's a good sign. Also, if you catch us defending you in conversation, or saying things about you that you didn't think we'd noticed.
Despite the negativity of some a**holes who end up being stalkers, there is a valid hunter's instinct in most men. So we will do some lighthearted stalking of the girls we like. Accidentally end up parking near you at school and walking you to class. Time it so we just finally get that last book in the backpack around the time you stand up and are walking out.
If you drop your pencil and that one guy is always there to pick it up for you, he's probably into you.
More subtle things are: he'll cross his legs with the foot pointing towards you. Turn his body to face your direction most of the time. Get quiet when you're around, or suddenly talkative. Look for changes in attitude or mood when you're around.
Watch his face when he talks to you and compare it to his face when he talks to someone else. If he's into you he'll smile more often or at least look more interested. If he goes out of his way to make physical contact it's a dead give away too, like hugging you more than he'd hug someone else.
He listens to you and actually pays attention to what you are saying rather than just nodding in the right places then farting.
He's pleased to see you and can't help but show it.
He engages in any form of verbal or text based conversation. I can't be arsed texting to save my life...unless I like you then , surprise surprise, ill make an effort.
Basically if he shows more interest in you than in other people, he is interested.
Oh, and don't use an erection as a sign. That wee bugger sticks its head up all the time, often for no apparent reason.
What Girls Said 1
Well, basic signs are just body language. Like leaning in whenever you're speaking to show that he's interested in what you're saying, breaking the touch barrier by touching your arm/hand or by hugging you, initiating contact by calling or texting just to see what's up, making plans with you on a regular basis (if you already know each other well), smiling a lot, teasing you playfully, paying attention to you even though there are other things going on etc. Simple things like that can all indicate that he's attracted and interested in you. Some people also say that dilated pupils show that someone is attracted to you, but that's a lot tougher to notice. Unless you're prepared to stare into his eyes, I wouldn't suggest looking for that. :P
Lol I heard about the eye thing. my cars is at the garage and his brother had his car so one of our mates dropped us home, we was sat at the back and he takes up so much room he kept moving his legs wider and wider so I squashed his legs closed and said your taking up all the room,and he laffed, I tried to look if his eyes where dialated and but he's got dark eyes and I couldn't see lol. But when we talk he looks away when I look at him, he does call me almost everynight/ very early morning
Aww, he's probably just shy if he looks away when you're talking to him. Otherwise it sounds like he's interested, since he seems to call you so often (and at such "special" times too, most people would just call during the day).
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I've noticed that Mumble consumes relatively high CPU resources, running at a
constant 12-21% on a C2D even when idle. I can't really be certain if this is
normal, but assuming the standard behaviour is poll server, get packets,
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As Mumble is supposed to be a "background" program it shouldn't be competing
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Stefan H.
12-21% sounds very high to me. A bit load even when Idle (or even when not
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On my C2D 6750 (2x2,6Ghz) mumble uses between 0-8% CPU during normal operation
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I spend a lot of time idling while muted, so I would think Mumble would save
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I just switched my default recording format from 44100Hz to 48000Hz (16bit,
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I'll have to test a bit more, but I think setting the core affinity to a
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Echo cancellation is a CPU intensive task. I guess that if both you and your
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Because of certain circumstances i have to use Mumble on my notebook running
But the CPU usage (even idle) is unaccaptable for me:
~10% mumble
~10% pulseaudio
This shortens the runtime of my battery, increases noise and heat,
So I took a look on the well structured but completely uncommented source
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After adding few lines here and there the CPU usage (idle) dropped to
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Thats 90% idle (up to 50% talking) without quality or latency loss . My
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I can even switch between my power saving option and the default one without
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Its really a shame. That blah blah for high end gamer pc blah blah Quality
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Bad for environment too. Using up to 10W on each machine its used on for
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You could tell us what you did to fix the problem, because I'm not using the
client on Linux and can't really debug that.
hello pcgod,
i am glad you are asking, because the cpu usage is not really a bug.
I simply added a real idle mode (for sending and receiving seperately) while
preserving the preprocessing settings. So there is no full up/down stream even
when nothing happens.
A "real" bug is perhaps the sudden cut off when using push-to-talk, so i added
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notebook hardware. Now it works fine.
Its a quick and dirt fix because there are no commemts and i dont have the
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I have made a Bug report for this incident
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