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    Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce

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    Image of someroughbeast someroughbeast
    10/27/09

    In reply to Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce
    The Muslim Brotherhood is a populist, pro-democratic opposition party which is only nominally a Muslim organization in Egypt (sort of like the CDU in Germany). Their opposition to Beyonce is about the fact that Port Ghalib is a resort town for the families of corrupt & murderous bureaucrats, and that having a concert there with $400 dollar tickets while the median household income is less than $10 is sort of fucked up.

    But yes Ephriam, nationalist Muslims fighting for social justice in their own country are very worthy of being related to Al Qaeda in your first paragraph. View count above all. #religion
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    Image of cockfightbarmitzvah cockfightbarmitzvah
    10/27/09

    In reply to Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce
    So basically they're saying they're not ready for this jelly? #religion
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    Image of fuckingoldman fuckingoldman
    10/27/09

    In reply to Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce
    Morocco, not Egypt, is the land of the fez. #religion
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    DahlELama promoted this comment fuckingoldman was starred fuckingoldman was unstarred
    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    10/27/09

    @fuckingoldman: You are correct, but otherwise, I quite liked this. #religion
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    Image of fuckingoldman fuckingoldman
    10/27/09

    @DahlELama: I know it was nitpicky, but somebody has to teach these kids the things they should have learned in school. *smile* #religion
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    Image of Peoplefamiliarwith Peoplefamiliarwith
    10/27/09

    In reply to Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce
    Where did Cajun Boy go? #religion
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    i'm a bottle promoted this comment Peoplefamiliarwith was starred Peoplefamiliarwith was unstarred
    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    10/27/09

    @Peoplefamiliarwith: I like the writing. #religion
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    10/27/09

    In reply to Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce
    The title of this post is deliciously misleading. #religion
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    Image of quickqueenof quickqueenof
    09/14/09

    In reply to Darwin Flick Degraded by Backward American Ways
    Evolution is my line in the sand; I am super tolerant of all kinds of religious crap but if you don't believe in evolution I have no use for you. Done. Be gone.
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment quickqueenof was starred quickqueenof was unstarred
    Image of psybab psybab
    09/14/09

    In reply to Darwin Flick Degraded by Backward American Ways
    They do have a point though, because Jennifer Connolly could have only come directly from God's vagina.
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    Image of that charlie sedarka that charlie sedarka
    09/14/09

    In reply to Darwin Flick Degraded by Backward American Ways
    Belonsky, the movie is called Creation. While On the Origin of Species is an excellent read, it hasn't been up for an award in Toronto any time recently.
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment that charlie sedarka was starred that charlie sedarka was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/14/09

    @that charlie sedarka: Just wait until Michael Bay gets to it.

    "Get down, they're SPECIATING!"
    *KABOOOOOOM SCRHEEEEEE WRRROAAAAAMMMM*
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    Image of Plawf Plawf
    09/14/09

    In reply to Darwin Flick Degraded by Backward American Ways
    Sorry, but I don't really buy the idea that creationists are blocking this movie from distribution in the U.S. For one thing, the markets to which Creation would be aimed toward (urban, college-educated) are pretty clearly THE EXACT OPPOSITE of those markets where the the film would be poorly received (amongst troglodytes).

    From what I've heard, Creation is, plain and simple, a boring movie.

    It seems to me like its producers are just manufacturing the controversy (rather adroitly, but still) in order to raise its profile enough to secure a U.S. distributor. As is, the whole situation is pretty stupid.
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    lionboy promoted this comment Plawf was starred Plawf was unstarred
    Image of lionboy lionboy
    09/14/09

    @Plawf: It does indeed seem odd that U.S. distributors would capitulate to the Christianistas on this. I agree this is more likely an attempt to create "buzz."

    Either way, though, Americans are still getting more retarded by the minute.
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    MissNormaDesmond approved this comment lionboy was starred lionboy was unstarred
    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    09/14/09

    @Plawf: Sounds about right. On the other hand, I have a hard time believing that a "really good" movie about evolution and natural selection would be well received in a society with as much of an anti-intellectual lean as ours (Planet Earth and March of the Penguins, notwithstanding).
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment Edited by hilikusopus at 09/14/09 9:57 AM hilikusopus was starred hilikusopus was unstarred
    Image of Magister Magister
    09/14/09

    @Plawf: I agree that this smells of "buzz", but I also could see that in the current political climate, the big movie houses might be scared to go near it and some of this could be an effort to promote risk.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    09/14/09

    @Plawf: Yeah, this seemed a bit fishy to me when I first read it. As much as I want to champion any struggle against ignorance, I just can't believe that no smaller distributors are willing to pick this film up for a limited release in major cities, which happens with arthouse films all the time. If I were a betting woman, I'd bet that the producers are trying to shame a major distributor into picking it up for a wide release, for reasons that may have as much to do with mammon as with principle. Or they're just trying to get as much publicity as they can.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    09/14/09

    @hilikusopus: Oh, I fully believe they couldn't get a major studio to release it, I just doubt like hell that every single U.S. distributor turned it down. In fact, I flat out don't believe it.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    09/14/09

    @hilikusopus: Oh, I fully believe they couldn't get a major studio to release it, I just doubt like hell that every single U.S. distributor turned it down. In fact, I flat out don't believe it.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    09/14/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: Crap. Sorry for the triple post, people; either my computer or Gawker was doing weird things. Clean up on aisle 4, please.
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    Image of Adah Adah
    09/14/09

    In reply to Darwin Flick Degraded by Backward American Ways
    I believe in evolution, and I like Paul Bettany, but I have an irrational hatred of Jennifer Connelly that knows no bounds. I'm having a hard time getting outraged.
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    skt.smth promoted this comment Adah was starred Adah was unstarred
    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    09/14/09

    @Adah: "Irrational" is the key word there, I think.
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    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    09/14/09

    @skt.smth: There's absolutely nothing wrong with Jennifer Connelly...and her breasts.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/20/09

    In reply to Advertising: Dramatic, Dumb
    There's something really amazing about Australian satire. I still recall fondly the series they put out before the Australian Olympics - "The Games". When they suggested making the yellow ring in the opening ceremony out of leashed bees, my dad and I just howled. So hilarious.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/20/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Here's the bees clip: [www.youtube.com]

    And this is a clip of John Howard apologizing for aboriginal mistreatment. Skip to the last 15 seconds for maybe the world's greatest punchline. [www.youtube.com]

    EDIT: hey everyone, what's the way to embed videos on Gawker?
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    Edited by Pope John Peeps II at 08/20/09 3:36 PM Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    08/20/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: And they have Summer Heights High, which was amazing. Those Aussies are hilarious.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    08/20/09

    In reply to Advertising: Dramatic, Dumb
    Saw this yesterday. I am intrigued, especially by the early advertisements.
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    08/20/09

    In reply to Advertising: Dramatic, Dumb
    Watching the Australian version of Mad Men there, one is compelled to believe that their 1960's were more like our contemporary times than previously thought. Could use some more Joan though.
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    skahammer promoted this comment ampersandparade was starred ampersandparade was unstarred
    Image of skahammer skahammer
    08/20/09

    @ampersandparade: Could use some more Joan though.

    Is there any activity on Earth to which this statement doesn't apply?
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    Image of The Sneak The Sneak
    06/15/09

    In reply to D.C. Pollsters Now Want to Screw Up Iran's Election, Too
    Is 1001 Iranians like, a lot?
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    06/15/09

    @The Sneak: 101 Dalmatians is a lot. But I digress. On its face I think 1,000 respondents is about the same size sample lots of US polls use. Pollsters say they have a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, also pretty good.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    06/15/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: but at what level of confidence?
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    06/15/09

    In reply to D.C. Pollsters Now Want to Screw Up Iran's Election, Too
    Ch-ch-ch-changes: Mousavi emerges and asks for calm as Supreme leader Khamenei "called for a high-level inquiry into accusations of election irregularities." [NYT]
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