FX Networks - Justified - Full Episodes and Exclusive Video

FX Networks - Justified - Full Episodes and Exclusive Video

Justified on FX is the story of a federal marshal with a happy trigger finger who ends up shooting his way to a new assignment in his home in eastern Kentucky. Here he finds all kind of criminals and a past he would rather hide from then admit he was part of. The story is centered on Raylan Givens played by Timothy Olyphant, star of movies like "Hitman," "The Girl Next Door" and "Live Free or Die Hard." The show starts out with him shooting first and asking questions later. He even ends up fighting one of his good friends who is a neo-Nazi, some really good character development there. He and his friend grew up together and everyone in this town turns to crime sooner or later. We also find that his father is in jail, something Raylan tries to hide by ignoring it in the episodes I have seen. This show in my opinion tells a little bit about America and what it now wants for super macho shows. It is usually action-packed but does an alright job with the plot lines and the story behind this tough man from the back woods. Sometimes the dialogue can be really cliché as in most action shows or films. It’s my opinion that the show is an expression of America trying to get back to the time of spaghetti westerns. The show has those moments where the good guy says his line then blasts the living shit out of the supposed bad guy.  I can totally see a young Clint Eastwood right there in those scenes. Sometimes Raylan crosses the lines of moral behavior but the bad guys get killed and I for one love it. I feel that this show is saying something to people, telling them America still enjoys this style of entertainment, and that Americans are getting tired of political correctness. Americans want to see bad guys get shot, the good guy win, and for him to get the girl. It is for the blue collar workers and that’s why it is a success. A critic Mike Hale from the New York Times got it right when he said “ “ Justified” is in many ways an upgrade over what’s currently available; it’s “Burn Notice” with more soul.”

                I would recommend this show to anyone, it’s hilarious yet has serious soul.  It’s not something I plan my nights around just to catch every new episode, but if it’s on I’m watching. So go catch this shows it’s awesome. And hey who doesn’t like some sex and violence with a TV dinner? I am a fan on Facebook and its main website is pretty cool. The second season will be coming out soon, I for one need to catch up on all of season one before I can start season two. But it will be great fun to watch Raylan kick the crap out of the bad guys. Plus it’s a great story too.

Get a Mac vs I'm a PC

I’d like to introduce you to Apple’s “Get a Mac” advertisement campaign.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lO8b8HLfh0

Wrapped up in these simple yet amusing commercials is yet another exchange in the seemingly eternal debate of Mac vs. PC.  The commercials don't strive to distract, filmed as they are on a white field and with only the occasional prop.  Most of the brief ads tend to be relatively straight to the point, suggesting that PCs are slow, clunky, no fun at all, and vulnerable to disaster.  On the other hand, Macs are portrayed as simple, streamlined, stylish, and secure.  Even the appearance of the actors makes a suggestion about those who own one of the two.  PC owners are portrayed as chubby and nerdy, with Mac owners portrayed as easygoing and cool.  A few of the commercials even mention how well the advertisements are working.  It appears that, if you wish to be a cool, trendy young person like everyone else, you'll buy a Mac.  If it worked for cigarettes in the 20th century, it can work for Mac in the 21st!  (Incidentally, I'm comfortable in assuming no computer has been involved in causing lung cancer.)




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNpp7OkP0Qc

The "Get a Mac" ad campaign did well enough that Microsoft responded with its "I'm a PC" advertisements. They sought to combat against the image that all PC users are silly nerds and that PCs are only used to crunch numbers. The second in the series of commercials even started off with an obvious connection to Apple's campaign, including the white backdrop and a decent approximation of the nerdy fellow portraying the PC.

I will admit I liked the relative simplicity of the advertisements, and I had a chuckle or two. However, I didn't like either campaign as a whole for the same reason I'm not fond of political commercials: They're far too skewed to one side or another and any basis of truth is buried under an aggressive (or passive aggressive) attempt to say "Hey, I'm better.” It’s made worse by the comparable effort to explain in any real detail the product either company is trying to sell beyond the ability to identify as one side in a pointless, silly pissing match going back as far as the first personal computers.

In the process of hunting down more information on both campaigns, I actually discovered an article written by Seth Stevenson of Slate Magazine that rather neatly encapsulated what I did and did not like about the “Get a Mac” campaign. Here’s a link: Click me!

I want to bring my ranting to a head before I get carried away from the point I’m hoping to make. First and foremost, I actually find the assumption that PC and Macs are different a silly thing. A PC is a personal computer, roughly defined as a computer for “personal” use, and nowhere in that definition is there any division based on the operating system. A Mac is just a PC running Apple’s proprietary OS, but not all PCs run off of Microsoft’s software.

My second and final point can be summed up as simply “To each their own.” I use a PC, and I run Windows XP on it. I built my rig myself, not only to avoid brand name nonsense, but because it is one of my hobbies in addition to the games I play or the code I attempt to write. That suits me and my wallet. If I had the money to burn, wasn’t quite so tech savvy, and was solely interested in making movies, music, or other multimedia files, then I might be more inclined to lean towards a Mac.

Advertising is there to help convince you to part with your money, not necessarily to care what you’re spending your money on. When it comes to figuring out computer what suits you best, just take a look at what you actually need and can afford and then compare it to what you want. Don’t be swayed by the smug pollution emanating in spades from either side of the argument and just do what makes you happy. And avoid Dell like the plague.

Image by: GIRLintheCAFE

Get a Mac Commercial Compilations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lO8b8HLfh0



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmU4itocDw

You are terrible commercials and should feel terrible.

Ranger School Promo

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this is an example of Turkish pizza from Berlin it is one of the most Delicious foods in the whole world. it is just in the Turkish tradition with some quick snack food changes from those i had in turkey. if you are in Berlin or Turkey try this food asap

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The Warhammer 40k hobby: eating time, money, and fulfilling the dreams of the 9-year-old boy in nerds everywhere.  Can you fit more guns on it?  Then it's not done.

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Bush Admits to Okaying torture

President Bush has recently admitted to okaying the waterboarding of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. In the president’s own words, “Yeah, we waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed … I’d do it again to save lives.”
Bush’s admittance has sparked outrage across America with groups like Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union, and many others. There are many who fear that the former president’s actions are taking us down a slippery slope; they fear that we have lost our moral integrity and that we are failing to keep with international law.
According to an interview on Huffington Post, former Brigadier General David Irvine, who taught military interrogation for 20 years, doesn’t agree with Bush and believes the United States will feel the global repercussions of his decisions for years to come.
“When he decided to do it the first time, he launched the nation down a disastrous road, and we will continue to pay dearly for the damage his decision has caused,” Irvine said.
So what’s the truth? Are we really going down a “dangerous course”? Can we afford to be moral during a time of war? Does morality really have a place in modern warfare? And who decides it’s the right action when lives may or may not be in jeopardy?
I know it can be easy to judge President Bush as evil or a terrible person. Waterboarding isn’t pleasant; it’s horrible. It’s torture, and no one in their right mind can argue with that. But I ask you, if you knew that there was just even a sliver of chance that torturing a man who master minded the killing of thousands of Americans may save lives, would you do it?
Would you take that responsibility? For the chance to save a life? Is it really that easy of a decision? Can you morally take the responsibility of saying “no” to waterboarding, failing to get the information we need and then watching tens of thousands of Americans die in another 9/11 attack? Is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed really worth more than the lives of our neighbors?
Now I’m not saying I would choose to torture or waterboard anyone, all I’m saying is that Bush had a hard decision to make under intense pressure from Al Qaeda, the first group of people to attack America since the Japanese. Do you or I really have any right to judge this decision until we have walked in his shoes?
I know I would do anything I thought might save American lives – that’s who I am. You may disagree with me, but I just can’t imagine letting intelligence of this magnitude go to waste under these circumstances. I don’t approve of torture, I just approve of protecting lives.