The Interpipes Are Leaking of the Day: Pedobear? Committing unthinkable crimes against children? It’s less likely than the New Mexico State Attorney General’s Office and KRQE News 13 think.
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Archive for November, 2011
Say What Now of the Day
Nov. 29, 2011
Say What Now of the Day: In what sounds like a classic knee-slapper from an Orwellian joke book, the Calgary-based oil and gas company Paramount Resources is naming the subsidiary overseeing it controversial oil sands operation after one of the world’s most beloved animation studios: Pixar.
“Paramount Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the reorganization of all of the Company’s oil sands and carbonate bitumen interests into a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Pixar Petroleum Corp. (“Pixar”),” announced a press release.
The Disney Blog points out that, while shameless, there isn’t likely to be a trademark issue as “there shouldn’t be any real confusion among the public that they’re the same company.”
That being said, Paramount is clearly hoping at least some people might be persuaded to lessen their distaste for the environmentally disastrous oil sands extraction process if they associate it with Buzz or Sulley or Nemo.
Big Screen Animation makes note of a poignant coincidence: The negative environmental impacts of the Athabasca (Alberta) tar sands were well explored in a series of documentaries produced by none-other-than Leslie Iwerks — director of The Pixar Story and A Day in the Life of John Lasseter.
One of the documentaries Downstream, is available for viewing online.
[calgary / bsa / disneyblog.]
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Frightening Flashback of the Day
Nov. 29, 2011
Frightening Flashback of the Day: In a scene straight out of 1979, dozens of militant Iranian students stormed the British Embassy in Tehran today, throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails, and clashing with riot police.
According to the Associated Press, the protesters burned documents and the British flag, and shouted “death to England.” One protester was seen waving a framed picture of the Queen; another was spotted carrying away a Pulp Fiction poster.
Embassy staff managed to flee through a back door, avoiding injury. Police eventually managed to disperse the crowd, but not before an Iranian flag was raised over the compound.
The violent rally follows a new set of sanctions imposed on Iran by Western countries over its ongoing nuclear program. In response to the sanctions, Iranian lawmakers voted to downgrade diplomatic relations with the UK.
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Early Bird Special
Nov. 29, 2011
Early Bird Special: We’re not here to start no trouble / We’re just here to do… the Taekwondo Shuffle?
[videosift.]
Lights Out
Nov. 28, 2011
Lights Out: “[Images of food] unite viewers who might otherwise have nothing in common; they plug directly into the primal craving for transitory pleasure, the desire not just to admire and then consume inventively prepared food, but also to serve (and be served by) people who love us.”
Feast. A tribute to images of food on film. Matt Zoller Seitz. November 2009.
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This x That
Nov. 28, 2011
This x That:
Know This:
- Herman Cain: Businesswoman Ginger White claims consensual 13-year affair with Herman Cain; Cain (preemptively) denies it, but lawyer’s statement doesn’t; White has Herman Cain in her cell phone, but also a history of making sexual harassment allegations.
- Barney Frank, US Rep. for Massachusetts’ 4th district since 1981, won’t seek reelection in 2012.
- Occupy LA camp still mostly intact after eviction threat, but new raid my come tonight; Occupy Philly evacuation deadline passes, but eviction not imminent.
- First day of post-Mubarak elections in Egypt mostly peaceful.
- RIP: Ken Russell, legendary filmmaker, dead at 84. Also: Stalin’s daughter Lana Peters, at 85.
Read This:
- Latest “12 Days of Christmas Index” up 4.4% over last year.
- “H-E double hockey sticks“: The peculiar anger of Mitt Romney.
Look At This:
- Miley Cyrus expresses support for Occupy Wall Street with new music video.
- Alternate posters for Expendables 2.
The Other:
- NewsFeed: Oxford English Dictionary Picks ‘Squeezed Middle’ as Word of the Year.
- Tea x Time List: 8 Gadgets That Lie to You Every Day.
- Above: From Timm Schneider’s street art project “Eyes.”
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OMG! Adorbz of the Day
Nov. 28, 2011
OMG! Adorbz of the Day: Business Baby is tired of your infantile excuses, wants your boo-boo report on his desk by nap time.
(Also, everything you need to know about YouTube commenters is in the top-rated English-language comment for this video: “What an idiot, those aren’t even words you stupid baby.”)
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Anthropomorphized Animal of the Day
Nov. 28, 2011
Anthropomorphized Animal of the Day: Excited Cat really, really hopes this road trip ends at the vet because something is seriously wrong with his jaw.
[sayomg.]
Fan Favorite of the Day
Nov. 28, 2011
Fan Favorite of the Day: A mere two weeks after NBC’s much maligned announcement that it was indefinitely shelving its critically acclaimed primetime sitcom Community due to poor ratings, it was revealed that the very same shelved sitcom that supposedly no one watches won TV Guide‘s annual Fan Favorite Poll.
The stars of the show will be featured in three separate collectible covers — i.e. three glossy middle fingers to NBC — which are set to hit newsstands December 1st.
Some 300,000 people in all cast their vote in the poll. Community managed to top such notable favorites as Dexter, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Chuck, and The Vampire Diaries.
#SaveCommunity.
[tvguide / aoltv / warmingglow.]
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