since when are girls allowed to play sports? and in JAPAN? wtf is happening to this world? i havent actually seen any of this sporting event or whatever it was. i just read about it on the internetz cuz the twitterfacebook people were all blee bloo blah about some kind of sporting japanese girl slapfight or something (??). watevs yo.
I feel like this is appropriate for the occasion:
yeay?
As investigations against News Corp. get rolling in the U.K. and possibly the U.S. over e-mail and phone hacking, critics of CEO Rupert Murdoch have been trying hard with the lengths they’re going to to try and make this an America relevant scandal to rock the ages and sink the Murdoch empire. Instead of letting it play out to find out who the bad guys in this situation are, I have been seeing tons of blog and press from Murdochs competitors make that decision.
Mostly it’s just silly grasping at straws. Like this video was posted by the increasingly disappointing ThinkProgress.org with the headline “FLASHBACK: Rupert Murdoch Smacks Down Fox News Host For Bringing Up Hacking Scandal”. I fell for the bait thinking that I was in for a treat with something juicy. What kind of twitchy body language of annoyance or anger would Murdoch show as he told one of his employees to shut up and fall in line? What degrading “don’t forget your place here, boy” type of slam was I in for?
MURDOCH: I’m not talking about that issue at all today, I’m sorry.
and thats it… The dude essentially said “no comment” and Lee Fang writing at Think Progress just made up an alternate reality over it.
VARNEY: The story that is really buzzing all around the country and certainly here in New York is that the News of the World, a News Corporation Newspaper in Britain, used–
MURDOCH: I’m not talking about that issue at all today, I’m sorry.
VARNEY: Okay. No worries, Mr. Chairman that’s fine with me!
Murdoch: I’m too far removed out of here.
Isn’t lying in journalism – even if you don’t like the person or thing you’re lying about – bad journalism? Shouldn’t people who criticize Murdochs publications for doing that, maybe…not do that themselves? It’s also amusing that the beef against Newscorp publications is that they’re allegedly fake news (“Faux News” is an old meme), yet this whole scandal is about Newscorp being so dedicated to reporting news that employees may have illegally hacked into politicians and crime victims phones.
Fox News Watch, a weekend show on the Fox News Channel that discusses media reaction to news items sums up the details of the scandal before discussing here:
Outrage over the audacity of Fox News to allege that their critics and competitors excessive coverage has been excessive has of course already started and will continue with this clip, I’m sure, as it reiterates what I’ve been saying for weeks and what was said during a brief segment on FNC’s morning show Fox & Friends earlier: y’all are lookin silly as f#ck over this.
Rebekah Brooks, Newscorp International CEO has been arrested in London. if she’s guilty of hacking someones phone – throw the book at her. If Rupert Murdoch knew this was happening – throw a copy of the first book at him too. It’s interesting news on it’s own. why do people feel compelled to lie about it to make it even more sensational?
Commenting on Netflix’s new price increases, I noted:
I use amazon prime. it includes free 2 day shipping on anything you buy from amazon – which was why i had it in the first place. one day they just added free streaming movies as a perk to my membership. HINT: that is how you do it, Netflix… surprise users with free new features, not with old features that now cost double what you were paying…
I was later alerted to this occurance below. I didn’t make this image, but the exact same thing happened to me a little over a year ago with the exact same result and it made me very pleased with Amazon. I have since become an intentional paying member of Amazon Prime.
compare this to Netflix’s shenanigans:
A liter bottle of water with a few teaspoons of bleach is proving to be a successful recipe for dwellers in the light-deprived slums of the Philippines. The simple technology is spreading sunlight in places where it has never been, and saving residents money at the same time. Gemma Haines reports for Reuters:
Meanwhile, smelly socks are being tested in Tanzania as way to prevent malaria – and working.
Scientists think the musky odor of human feet can be used to attract and kill mosquitoes that carry deadly malaria. The Gates Foundation announced on Wednesday that it will help fund one such pungent project in Tanzania.
If they can be cheaply mass-produced, the traps could provide the first practical way of controlling malaria infections outside. The increased use of bed nets and indoor spraying has already helped bring down transmissions inside homes.
“Jessie Becker, here to share two significant changes at Netflix with you.” – sounds like something cool might possibly be coming your way, right? So wrong… Unless your idea of Awesome is paying more for a service you used to get for free. then you’re stylin… the rest of the world reacted differently though…
First, we are launching new DVD only plans. These plans offer our lowest prices ever for unlimited DVDs – only $7.99 a month for our 1 DVD out at-a-time plan and $11.99 a month for our 2 DVDs out at-a-time plan. By offering our lowest prices ever, we hope to provide great value to our current and future DVDs by mail members. New members can sign up for these plans by going to DVD.netflix.com.
Second, we are separating unlimited DVDs by mail and unlimited streaming into separate plans to better reflect the costs of each and to give our members a choice: a streaming only plan, a DVD only plan or the option to subscribe to both. With this change, we will no longer offer a plan that includes both unlimited streaming and DVDs by mail.
So for instance, our current $9.99 a month membership for unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs will be split into 2 distinct plans:
Plan 1: Unlimited Streaming (no DVDs) for $7.99 a month
Plan 2: Unlimited DVDs, 1 out at-a-time (no streaming), for $7.99 a month.The price for getting both of these plans will be $15.98 a month ($7.99 + $7.99). For new members, these changes are effective immediately; for existing members, the new pricing will start for charges on or after September 1, 2011.
Why the changes?
Last November when we launched our $7.99 unlimited streaming plan, DVDs by mail was treated as a $2 add on to our unlimited streaming plan. At the time, we didn’t anticipate offering DVD only plans. Since then we have realized that there is still a very large continuing demand for DVDs both from our existing members as well as non-members. Given the long life we think DVDs by mail will have, treating DVDs as a $2 add on to our unlimited streaming plan neither makes great financial sense nor satisfies people who just want DVDs. Creating an unlimited DVDs by mail plan (no streaming) at our lowest price ever, $7.99, does make sense and will ensure a long life for our DVDs by mail offering. Reflecting our confidence that DVDs by mail is a long-term business for us, we are also establishing a separate and distinct management team solely focused on DVDs by mail, led by Andy Rendich, our Chief Service and Operations Officer and an 11 year veteran of Netflix.
Now we offer a choice: Unlimited Streaming for $7.99 a month, Unlimited DVDs for $7.99 a month, or both for $15.98 a month ($7.99 + $7.99). We think $7.99 is a terrific value for our unlimited streaming plan and $7.99 a terrific value for our unlimited DVD plan. We hope one, or both, of these plans makes sense for our members and their entertainment needs.
I use amazon prime. it includes free 2 day shipping on anything you buy from amazon – which was why i had it in the first place. one day they just added free streaming movies as a perk to my membership. HINT: that is how you do it, Netflix… surprise users with free new features, not with old features that now cost double what you were paying…
But this dude says it even better:
Willie Williams
Dear Netflix,Individually your DVD and steaming services do not offer enough to justify their expense. As a bundled service they supplement each other and provide the value that made Netflix wonderful. DVDs allowed you to view newer releases in a fairly timely manner. Streaming allowed for viewing of the older catalog of movies that come up when you think of it but might not be worth waiting for to arrive in the mail.
I average 5 DVDs a month. I can replace these rentals with RedBox for $5 and save $3 based on your subscription prices. This replacement would also remove the 28 day wait that comes with most new releases available through Netflix. Likewise, I can replace your streaming service with Amazon Prime and save an additional $2 a month. Again, this would eliminate the unnecessary delay in availability of newer releases.
By separating these services I fear you are weakening Netflix as a service and subsequently the brand. Together these services made Netflix a success, separated you lack the availability and pricing of your competitors.
I sincerely hope you will reconsider, I will be saddened when I am forced to cancel my subscription.
An even more thorough breakdown:
Still confused? Here is the difference between a turtle and a tortoise:
A few days ago a friend on Facebook announced “I finally get twitter! It’s not about telling the world what you’re up to (no one cares). It’s about communicating with your favorite celebrities.”
Daniel Tosh responds to a twitter fan:
I always like seeing dwarves integrated in media, so this Subway banner looks like a nice inclusive advertisement…until you notice that the girl is holding a sandwich…and her size makes it look bigger…which makes me more cynical about the motive behind this ad… It’s also kinda freakydeaky how it’s kindov almost livesize and life-height… oy, Subway.
Remember the adorable little girl who played Cindy Loo Who in the abortion of a movie that raped the beloved Dr Seuss classic and Frankenstiened it into the 2000 holiday horror? well, 11 years later, she looks different:
But seriously though…I haven’t been up on the Taylor Momsen news and don’t know what she is in or doing now but the gothy punk look makes me guess music of some kind? I’m not gonna google it. I dont wanna know.
UPDATE: I just found out that yes, she does music (also stars on Gossip Girl), she doesn’t turn 18 until next month and evidently she’s started this gimmick of taping her nipples and flashing her audience….oooookay….
cuz why else is he so sycophantly laughed with (at?…nah. he too kool fo that)