Ah yes, poor poor Chris Rock. NOT!

It seems that now that we have found it acceptable to laugh at a joke about a debiltating, painful disease where a person’s hair falls out.

It truly sucks, that the likes of Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle find material for their jokes in someone’s pain of having a disease that they have no control of, simple being who they are, or having more job offers in Hollywood than themselves. (The thought of it being because no one likes working with them, because they are so full of themselves and love hearing their own voices so much, that they won’t leave any place for anyone else besides them, of course never crossed their minds.)

We laugh at their mean spirited jokes because we are glad they don’t bully us? Because we seem to have to? Because the others laugh as well? Because it’s the in thing to do? Because we simply don’t care? The Emperor’s new clothes much?

It is in this real world of pain, selfdoubts, mental health issues, insecurities that people like Rock, Chappelle, Sykes, Gervais, Griffin find material to use in their acts. And we applaud them for it. If we cannot be nasty, let us pay for them to do it for us, right?! We are empowering them. And they got addicted to our cheers. So they give it one more bash, getting nastier by the day.

So, don’t you worry, Chris and his merry gang of self perceived dashing (while it is more likely bashing) friends will have lots of new material coming up as someone’s pain will be a good joke for them. Hey! Here is some new material they can use; Bruce Willis has aphasia. Is that tone deaf or what?! Badoom tzz! Or how about Jack Osborne and his Multiple Sclerosis? Or Shannon Doherty’s fight against cancer. No, I know, let us all mock Tim Curry and his stroke. Oh I know, Dave, how about some cheap jokes on Elliot Page. There must be some good laughs in that for you? Who cares if people like Elliot have suffered enough. And just want to be able to be who they are in public as well as at home?!

Tasteless I hear you say? What is the f..king difference to what Rock said about Pinkett???

All the bullies/comedians have to do to get laughs these days is come out on stage, be their usual obnoxious self, and make fun of someone’s debilitating illness, problem or death. And if that doesn’t do it, they can still crack some jokes on some actresses weight gain due to finally living the life she wanted.

Unfortunately now they found a way to turn themselves into the victims. Oh boohoo!

They are now scared that someone else might actually say stop! And if saying isn’t enough because the Kathy Griffin’s of this world continue being tone deaf to anyone elses feelings, the kid whose father she wanted to behead might go full blown Cobra Kai on her ass. You know, the new hot show about solving every problem by smashing each other to pulp, and not once trying to actually act as Mr Miagi would have been doing or taught? But I am digressing.

So, isn’t it surprising that it’s mostly the mean little bullies themselves who mistake comedy with getting applauded for hurting others, that are now beating up Will Smith? They are scared.

Because one bully got talked to, in the only language he seems to understand!

Chris Rock was asked repeatedly and for years to stop making fun of Jada. In private, in public, on stage, endless jokes and belittling about her looks, the colour of her attire, her acting, her marriage, etc… Yet, the more he was asked to tone it down a bit, the more he always upped it up one nudge. Because that is what bullies do.

Until the husband of the bullied women snapped. Rock, had it coming. Chrisses obsession about Jada, almost feels like a scorned wannabe lover who was rejected and swore revenge. This must be personal for Chris. And now, of course, the other bullies in the house are all scared that they too will one day be held accountable for their words! Because they have gone too far.

Imagine the LGTBQA+ community, which also keeps explaining to and inviting Chappelle to please understand what his constant demeaning, denigrating, does to them, how it feels like and what it can drive kids to do to themselves. And beg him to stop, so imagine, if one of them, stood up and showed him what it feels like to have had it up till their chins! This far and no farther! That is what these payed haters on stage fear.

Roasting has gotten out of hand. What these people call humour is disgusting, racist, bigot, homophobic and meant to hurt people willingly. And simply NOT funny anymore.

Remember the days of a Danny Kaye, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball etc… class acts, right? Well guess why?!

Did Will snap? Yes.
Should he have snapped? No.
Did he go to far? Yes.
Did he apologise? Yes.

Did Chris stop when he was asked to stop? No. He thought it was funny to keep bullying.
Should he have stopped? Yes!
Did he go to far? Absolutely yes.
Did he apologise? Nope! A Chris Rock doesn’t apologise.

Did anyone care and speak up at those so-called comedians for their bullying? Did anyone of those otherwise concerned about everything wrong in this world, and turning every of their acceptance speaches into political calls for action, take the side of those being bullied right there and then? I mean if anyone understands how hard it is for any woman to get an acting job in Hollywood when you are older than 22, or slightly younger than 99 it is them! And most of them are white, so imagine being black and in that invisible age! Now above that all being bald, not your fault, but still having to be in public for all to judge you, not for you talent, but for your looks what do YOU think she feels like now?! Who would understand better than the others sitting right then and there that night? We might have no idea, but all these women in the audience on that day, did!!! And they said nothing. Was that the right thing to do? H.E. Double hockey sticks no! Why did no one else tell Rock to stop? Because they were scared of becoming the butt of his jokes themselves.

Playground rules number one; never contradict the bully, or he’ll bully you.

So, stop acting holier, then thou, cowards!

And now to the others suddenly supporting the Hollywoodian comedians.

See every single comment section on social media about any article mentioning this #slapgate and tweets. They are predominantly white males and their sockpuppets who think it’s OK to launch a full-blown insurrection, but now come shouting for Will to be cancelled for one mistake. Diverting much? Of course. After all, they want the world to forget they wanted to lynch the vice president of the United States of America.

So, leave the speck in Will’s eye alone and start taking care of the f..king Amazone Forrest in your own, you self entitled polyester cockwombles on steroids and blow it out your tubenburbles!

#StopTheBullying

Creationists jumped all over the Archaeoraptor chimaera. Then they came up with this piece of carved artwork (Fig. 1, and others) they claimed was genuine. It appears on the Creation Evidence Museum website masthead. It’s a crying shame when these Christians associate themselves with acts of deception like this. They make all Christians look bad. […]

Human and Dinosaur Tracks Together – Chimaeras and Fakes – Part 6

Interesting to observe, the only ones who constantly have to grumble, whine and moan about equalitarian politics on Facebook, are male specimens of the masterrace themselves and their sock-puppet accounts.

They moan whenever being called out on their bigotry and hypocrisy. Yet they constantly confuse their early childhood impulse to say whatever comes into their minds with freedom of speech. (In small babies it’s actually rather sweet to hear them babble and talk to themselves without thinking of the consequences of their words, in adults it is a sign of serious lack of mental maturity, underdeveloped impulse control and poor parenting.)

They are scared because now they see their world drifting away. (Hooray!!!) A wild animal is always at its most dangerous when dying. They only gained their strength by us allowing them to remain anonymously hidden in the dark, and we let them get away with it all by withdrawing from discussions, from criticising them, from stopping them.

I say, now is the time to hit back! (Metaphorically speaking of course) We must corner them, wherever their ugly heads pop up. We must make it clear that their intolerance will no longer be tolerated. (Yes that is the Paradox of Tolerance. And Karl Popper was absolutely 100% right about it after all.)

More relevant to me however, is how these people adopt the GOP’s nazi way of thinking and acting with, not just acceptance, but actual fervent admiration. The current administration they so proudly support by wearing the mark of their beast on their foreheads (you know, those red hats) is not the actual disease, it is the symptom of what lies beneath. Their current president He-who-must-not-be-named scratched open the scab and now the puss is flowing, which actually could give the wound a chance to truly heal.

What they/you overlook by calling free thinking, well educated and intelligent individuals snowflakes, is something that we all should remember; Namely, who/what actually defeated the two most powerful armies the world had ever seen (the Nazi German army in WWII and the Napoleonian) in their Russian campaigns?! Anyone?! Yes, it was the many many small inconspicuous snowflakes. Yep that’s right, the snowflakes buried them all, with all their weapons, all their guns and steel, their fancy uniforms and medals. Buried under thick layers of snow

… zoom forward…

All it takes today is a few of us who join forces and say no to those who have neither morals nor decency!

If enough snowflakes come together this avalanche can flatten and bury anything.

But unfortunately that is exactly the problem. Most of the silent majority prefer to keep their “fists in their pockets” as we say in Switzerland, instead of defending themselves and the peaceful society they want to live in and what they stand for publicly. And as vocally as the deplorables.

So, my advise? Snowflakes, unite!

#SpeakUp

#GoOutAndVote

#YourVoteCounts #Vote

#LongLiveTheSnowflake

#SnowflakesUnite

#YouDontAgreeFeelFreeToUnfollowMe

Yesterday was D-Day, that is the day your grandfather and their brothers of the #GreatestGeneration landed in Normandy France to fight off the Fascist regime of Nazi Germany!

It was also my Grandmother’s 30th birthday, and when she learned about it, she told my grandfather that she got all she could have wished for and will never ask for another present in her life. ‘Till her death that was her answer, when asked, I remember clearly how impressed I was of the impact this day had on her.

These young men and women died for YOU by the thousands! What would they think knowing that their own grandsons are today killing off their own brothers and sisters, that today some of their offsprings have become the evil they fought in WWII?

Who supports this, in any country, and does not stand up against it, does not raise his voice, or his fist against this, desecrates not only their memories, but everything they lived and died for! Those of you who have become the fascists; Do not ever celebrate D-Day again! Instead bow your heads in shame and be silent!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Generation

My thoughts include a certain spoiler at the very end.

No, not all people disliking the last Ghostbusters movie have ridiculous attitudes and are misogynist buffoons: I am a woman. The first female firefighter in my country and a feminist. I saw the last one. And I can “open-mindedly” tell you that it was just as dumb, lazily written and sexist as the trailers predicted. All men in it are portrayed as morons, idiots and thugs. All of them! The only way to destroy super baddie is to shoot him in the junk (and they call “us” sexists).

The whole thing was like an overlong and very dumb SNL sketch. Comparable only to MacGruber. You thought: hmm, great premiss, even RDA is part of it, then you actually saw it, and your jaw dropped.

If you liked MacGruber, you’ll like Ghostbusters 2016. If you didn’t, you won’t.

But to brand us, who dislike the new movie as all being misogynist pigs and worse, is just as wrong and insulting as not to accept that some are simply tired of all the inutile reboots, who are way worse than the original. The last really good remake must have been John Carpenter’s The Thing, with its iconic soundtrack. And while we’re at it: None of us ever claimed the new movie ruins our childhood, that phrase was only used by the marketing “geniuses” and bloggers hired to blame everyone else for this disaster, other than those truly responsible: the writers and director! And yes I know Aykroyd was part of the writing team, but then, I also know that he wrote and directed Nothing But Trouble aka Valkenvania. And that proved to be a “What the hell were you thinking?!” 

The trailers of Ghostbusters 2016 show us the best we can expect from this movie, as a trailer should, the “best scenes” are in it, and they sure kept their promise! 

Except for this part, that wasn’t in the trailers. Or as Cartman so eloquently put it years ago: It doesn’t matter, Butters! You never shoot a guy in the dick! Everyone knows that! Shooting a guy in the dick!? That’s just… that’s just weak… I can’t believe you, Feig. 

Let us hope they learned from their last mistakes and the next one, has actually some originality.

First of all let me express my deepest condolences to all involved in this tragedy, including the first and second responders, their families, loved ones and friends.

The 74 pages pamphlet now being widely shared served a couple of purposes: to inflame political tensions, to ensnare the hidden and undecided Nazi, to serve as a knowing nod to those who might be watching the terrorist’s actions with approval and seeking to do the same, and of course to sow further discord and confusion, by calling right wing ideologies fascist and himself a liberal lefty and so on. To achieve those ends, this male terrorist, used memes and key phrases born out of a sick lust for world dominance of the aggressively insecure and last remaining unevolved white males over anything and anyone no matter what it takes. A beast is at its most dangerous when it realises it is dying, going extinct. The effect is ultimatly the same; it normalizes Nazism, and marginalises our enemies in the most twisted way possible.

I firmly belief that it does not matter WHY someone hates other people, other faiths, other colours, other sexes enough to massacre innocents while praying. The extremist mass murderer who killed 49 innocents in Christchurch wants to become famous, he wants his place in history, he wants his time in the spotlight to explain himself. Why do I know that? He wore a helmet, a bulletproof west and let them arrest him. He wants to live to tell his tale, just like the Norwegian assassin from 2011. No! My answer is strictly and simply: no. Strip him of all of his rights to proclaim his revolting ideas to the world. No tolerance towards intolerance. Yes, I am a firm believer in Karl Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance. He and his minions, and there are a few of them, need to be taught that enough is enough. We will have no more tolerance of hate speech and terrorist acts at all.

It is a moral dilemma, yes. And it needs to be dealt with now! Because while we discuss it in theory, they act, they kill thousands of innocent people. See also: https://culturalanalysis.net/2017/12/11/ethical-dilemma-intolerance-intolerance/

That is why I will not share, nor read, nor speak his name, his picture, his ideologies. I simply refuse to be utilised to his means.

I also think we do not need to understand his inner motives, but we need to condemn them. Make sure it doesn’t happen again. And realise that the right to free speech the right-wingers-nazi-scumbags love to implore so much, goes only as far as it infringes mine not to be gunned down while praying or simply minding my own business. Or as someone smarter than me posted on a thread I can not find anymore, to congratulate him on his wit and insight: You have the right to express your opinions, no matter how offensive they may be, until your chosen form of expression impedes my rights to be free from bullying, defamation, harassment and harm or even death.

For example; I will never understand an Adolf Hitler and how he could sleep at night knowing exactly what went on. I don’t need to know what goes on in a person’s mind beating his kid or spouse to unrecognisable pulp, to condemn his actions. I don’t need to understand why a man thinks his kids are better off dead than with his wife in the same house they were born and raised, but that he has to leave now, after the divorce. (I have been an EMT and Firefighter long enough for you to believe me, you do not want to know what a human is capable of.) I condemn them for what they did, from the bottom of my heart without understanding them.

On the other hand I will also never understand how Carl Sagan figured out what he did. Or a Stephen Hawking, or a Leonardo da Vinci. They were made from the same starstuff as you and I, so why can’t I think and build as they did?! But I approve of their work, I support their ideas, from the bottom of my heart and depth of my soul.

Sometimes I don’t need to truly accept as a fact or truth or regard as plausible without utter certainty what goes on in someone, but I can, I will and I should condone, condemn, or approve on what is deeply imbedded in us all: the knowledge that such carnage is totally wrong.

Once again, I apologise to anyone mastering this beautiful an rich language better than me.

English still isn’t my first or even fifth language and I never learned it in any school.

Cher détesteurs de toute chose neuves et originales,

Ce film sera une autre bijou de la part de Luc Besson: 

Et si vous voulez vous appeler de vrais fana de la bonne Sci-Fi, vous lui donnerez une chance de se prouver, avant (!) de l’enterrer.

C’est vrai que ce film sera probablement davantage pour le public mature de science-fiction, pour ceux qui savent qu’il y a plus que les Transformers le cinquante-cinquième film, ou Star Wars: nous raconterons la même histoire avec de nouveaux acteurs encore et encore.

Et aussi pour ceux qui veulent, et sont capables de regarder quelque chose de nouveau, avec les yeux et un esprit ouvert!
Le BD de Valérian et Laureline qui existait depuis 1967 est un nouveau motif pour beaucoup de gens, une BD à vous couper le souffle à explorer, original et connu de tous les adeptes de romans graphiques originaux, élaborés et totalement fantastiques, même bien au-delà des frontières françaises.

Donc, au lieu de prouver au monde entier votre ignorance née d’esprits étroit, en tirant sur quelque chose qui n’a jamais été fait au part avant, et qui n’est même pas encore sorti, essayez d’apprendre quelque chose de nouveau, de lire quelque chose que vous ne connaissez pas et de donner une chance réelle à quelque chose de différent, qui pourrait vraiment vous plaire!
Ou alors, arrêtez de babiller sur le manque d’originalité à Hollywood, si VOUS êtes ceux qui bloquent tout ce qui se passe en dehors de vos vieux chemins habitué!

Dear haters of all things original and new,

This will be another Besson gem. 

And if You want to call yourselves Sci-Fi Fans, You will give it a burl, before (!) burying it. 

It will probably be more for the mature Sci-Fi Fan audience though, for those aware that there is more out there than the odd Transformers the twenty-fifth movie, or Star Wars-we’re retelling the same story with new actors. And for those willing and able to watch something new, with an open mind! 

The BD of Valérian et Laureline that existed from 1967 is breathtaking new grounds to explore, utterly original and known to all adepts of original, elaborated and utterly fantastic graphic novels even far beyond the french borders. 

So instead of proving your narrow minded ignorance to the whole world, by bashing something that hasn’t been done before, or hasn’t even come out yet, try learning something new, reading something you haven’t known about and give something different a chance! 

Or, stop babbling about the lack of originality in Hollywood, if YOU are the ones blocking anything outside your own old and worn out paths!

Facebook: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only…

Hey guys,

This season I would like to ask of some of you to have the heart and send a little note or card to a friend’s son. He has aspergers syndrome and is really having a hard time with reading/writing. I’m sure there’s some families on here who can even relate with that. His mother Katie’s hopes are that with his own PO Box and key he may grow excited to read the letters and cards and hopefully even respond back to some of you! I know you guys have what it takes to get this kid interested. He’s really worked through some sensory complications recently for pencil/pen to paper and his mom wishes she could get him excited to use this new super power he has. 

They’re not asking for gifts. 

They don’t need donations and this isn’t a go-fund-me or anything like that.

 Just good ol’ fashioned Christmas cheer is what they really need this season.

p.s. Lucas is going to be turning 11 on December 1st. He’s into Star Wars, Computers, Video game design, YouTube video reviews on just about everything, He enjoys riding his off road scooter, Space ships/ Astronauts, Serious Facts,and Nerf Guns, animals seem to love him so much they have moved in. He has 1 cat, 1 golden retriever, 2 guinea pigs, 2 goldfish, and a varied amount of strays who have come to live in his yard from the nearby farms. He loves dressing up in costumes and playing the roles quite seriously.

This is his Adress: 

Lucas Benjamin 

PO BOX 590

Perry, MI 48872

USA

A little word from his mom: “This has already become so much more than just being excited to read, It’s a complete adventure. From my heart to yours – Katie Willson”
Does anyone know any Star Wars movie folks, who could send him a little card with apersonal word or two, as well?

Cheers and Swissmamahugs, 

N@

Sorry, guys, but about all the Doctor Who predictions and spoilers leaking everywhere, I will not read them, and I will not comment or like any blogpost or post about it either! My reasons:

1. Moffat lies! The Doctor lies! The BBC lies!
2.  #DoctorWho (since Tom Baker) has always made me feel like a little kid again, when watching it for the first time, many many years back. There were no spoilers back then, we only knew when and were it would be on. One or two weeks ahead we might have started wondering and guessing if it would still scare us as much as last year’s episode (a thing we never admitted to our friends, but of course it did. Every year, it did scare us.) And then we sat down in front of the telly, fully stuffed after an abundant Christmas dinner with the family, satisfied, tired and anxious, half hiding under the Christmas tree, darkness outside, and we watched! With all our minds. With surprise, astonishment eager suspense in our eyes, attentive (!) not live tweeting or analysing what was different from what had been announced, and trying to come up with snarky recaps in 140. We just marvelled at the story, frightened at times, hiding behind the sofa occasionally, but with huge eyes and an open mind. And it blew us away. Because we did not expect it, we did not know. So, please remind yourselves that this is what made Doctor Who a legend (besides the great stories of course): our own childlike eyes and mind. Don’t spoil it, don’t pseudo overanalyse every breadcrumb thrown at you from the producers and the BBC, just for a few clicks. Wait! Be patient! An rediscover what all children know, the thrill of anticipation is the best thrill of all! And last but not least
3. Moffat lies. The BBC lies. So, it’ll all be different anyway…

A very merry Christmas to all of YOU, and may peace, love and childlike joy and amazement be with you! Always! 

To my friends (yes, friends) who voted for Trump: You say you voted for Trump for reasons entirely absent from hatred, racism, and misogyny. You are sick of being called a racist, a misanthrope, a sexist, a xenophobe.So let’s start with this premise: I believe you when you say you don’t hold any of these things in your heart. I believe you when you say that these things are not why you voted for him. I BELIEVE YOU.

But/and: he and his surrogates do say hateful things, and use coded language like “certain groups” and “certain neighborhoods.” Some people are hearing those things and are now feeling emboldened to do and say truly hateful, un-American things to minority groups. The stories are pouring in: echoes of Brexit as American women have their hijabs ripped from their heads, as women are grabbed and men laugh and say “we can grab you by the pussy now,” as brown schoolchildren come home in tears because some of their white classmates have told them they’ll have to leave the country, as Black people are called n*** in the street by white people who say, “God, it feels so good to say that in public again.”

I know that that is not YOU. Hear me say it. Stop thinking I am saying this at you, when I am just saying it to you. I believe you, so please believe me.

Your knee-jerk reaction is going to be to shout, “Those bad apples don’t represent me, so don’t lay their horrible behavior at my feet!” How many ways can I say this? I believe you. But/and this is still a real phenomenon. You and those apples supported, and support, the same man, even if for vastly different reasons. And those bad apples feel really, really good right now. The KKK is holding a celebratory parade. A PARADE. Those awful people — who I rush to say, again and again, are not you — feel vindicated and empowered by this election result.

So here’s where I stand: You voted for him, so I believe you have a responsibility to hold him to a truly American standard.

I’m not asking you to reject the president-elect.

I’m not asking you to apologize for your vote.

I’m not telling you you’re not allowed to feel vindicated for your feelings of being ignored and left out and lied to.

I’m not telling you what your stance on immigration or refugees or Black Lives Matter should be.

Here’s what I am saying: You’ve said all along that you disagree with the ‘inelegant’ things Trump says about all kinds of groups of people. You’ve agreed that his statements about women are abhorrent. You say you like him because he gets stuff done, not because of the way he speaks. And I believe to my core that you agree that all people should be treated with decency.

So, now you get to prove it. It’s actually so simple: Demand that it end. Demand that he finally, vociferously reject the KKK and other white supremacist groups. Every single time he or his surrogates says something over-generalized about any group of people — “all Black people live in inner cities and their lives are hell”; “all/most/many refugees/immigrants/Muslims/whatever are dangerous”; “that woman is only a 7” — hold him to the highest standard you have. Contact him and tell him, “I support you, I voted for you, and I demand that you stop saying these things.”

Now is a real chance to prove everyone wrong. It’s also a real chance to actually protect some fellow Americans and fellow humans from harm. How?

You, a good-hearted, well-intentioned, America-loving person, can publicly and loudly demand that the President-elect and all of his surrogates and appointees denounce all hate groups who are celebrating this win as a win for their agenda. You can demand — publicly, not just on your Facebook feed or just to friends — that the President-elect make a public statement disavowing and condemning every single act of violence, intimidation, bigotry, misogyny, and hatred that is being done in his name and in the name of his movement. He should just say it: “This is disgusting, it’s un-American, and I will not allow it to be done in my name or in celebration of my Presidency.”

You are the only ones who can do this.

Do it because you are all the things you say you are: loving, tolerant, inclusive, and American.

Do it because, as Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good (wo)men to do nothing.”

Brought to me by David Goldberg, who got it from a friend! 

Great Scott! You know what I just realised?

Charles M. Schulz, knew it all along. He predicted the outcome to this year’s US presidential election! 

So as America welcomes its new elected President, the world holds its breath – what wine should be served to pumpkin soup? What music best fits the world’s end? Pink Floyd’s The Wall? You know, as in “we don’t need no education”? Or more like Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, for the “ULLLLLLAAAAAA” we’re about to hear? 

Question after questions,  but, soon they’ll all be answered, all the scientific questions propelling us to evolve so far, all in the new US history books, soon in your child’s Rucksack – consisiting of six pages. One for each day of creation. Yay! That means less time spent on homeworks and more time for burning books! 

The world is not like a Hollywood blockbuster you say. Or is it? 

In Planet Of The Apes, Zaius, the orange ape

“was a statesman who lived in Ape City during the latter half of the 40th century. He was a leading member of the Ape National Assembly, and served a dual role in ape society as Minister of Science in charge of advancing ape knowledge and also as Chief Defender of the Faith. He saw no contradiction between his two roles but in the end he chose to emphasize the blind faith of the ape religion and traditions over the scientific suggestions of the chimpanzees, preferring a stagnant, imperfect, faith-based ape culture that kept humans in check, to the open, scientific, human-curious one proposed by Cornelius and Zira’s generation.” ( from http://planetoftheapes.wikia.com/wiki/Zaius_(APJ) ) we’ll see.

The US voters made their choice, just like the British with Brexit. Devolving instead of evolving. Après moi le déluge, instead of ´onipa’a! 

Unfortunatly their decisions affect us all. So long, and thanks for all the fish! 

And on that bombshell – goodnight

Ich bin seit Beginn, mit kurzer Unterbrechung, eine überzeugte Exsilanerin, wie sich die Nutzer dieser Plattform selber nennen. Exsila hat mich nun gebeten, euch zu erzählen, warum ich das auch weiterhin sein werde. Meine Gründe, die für Exsila sprechen: 

Ich bin meine alten CDs & DVDs los geworden.

Mein Mann und ich haben unsere gesamte Musiksammlung digitalisiert. Und unsere liebsten DVDs mit dem doch deutlich besseren BluRay Format ersetzt. Die DVDs die wir mal gekauft haben um den Film einmal zu sehen, weil er hier nicht im Kino kam oder in einer anderen Version, und wir nach zwei drei Jahren nie das Bedürfnis hatten denselben nochmals anzuschauen wurden ebenfalls ausgemistet.

Doch was sollte mit den Alten passieren, verkaufen auf Ricardo? Dafür waren und sind die Gebühren zu hoch, und man muss unglaublich Schwein haben um in der Zeitspanne der Versteigerung gleich den passenden Käufer für einen alten 70er Jahre Manga zu finden.

Ins Brockenhaus geben? Die nehmen keine solchen Sachen mehr. 

Also rein auf Exsila und weg. Teilweise sogar noch während ich den Rest der umfangreichen Sammlung einstellte, waren die ersten Artikel bereits verkauft. Über die die netten Brockenhaus Damen und Herren noch kurz vorher die Nase rümpften.

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Neu gibt es die iPhone und Android Exsila App. Strichcode einlesen, Preis bestätigen, fertig. Das geht ratzfatz und definitiv schneller als ihr das hier lesen könnt. Die App ist fast schon perfekt. Was mich erstaunt da sie brandneu ist.

Schnelles frankieren per Webstamp direkt in der Exsilamaske!

Es ist kein mühsames und überkompliziertes Post Geschäftskonto mehr nötig um vom günstigeren Tarif für Geschäftskunden profitieren zu können. Zudem musste mühsam jeder Name von Hand übertragen werden wenn man mit iPhone oder iPad arbeitete. Das entfällt nun alles.

Jede doppelte DVD, Buch oder die meisten Hörbücher mussten bisher als Paket zu 7.– bis 9.– versendet werden. Exklusive für Exilaner jetzt schon, für alle Anderen ab 01.01.2017 reicht das bisher nur für Geschäftskunden erhältliche Minibrief-Plus (bis 500g und bis 5cm!) à 2.80.

Endlich findet man so manchen tief in der Vergangenheit vergrabenen Schatz.

Ich kaufe auf Exsila kaum neue CDs und Filme, diese werden für meinen Geschmack viel zu teuer angeboten. Da kommen dann wieder die Händler ins Spiel die sich auf Exsila ein goldenes Näschen verdienen wollen. Diese bezeichne ich aber nicht als die wahren Exilaner, die zum tauschen hier sind. Ältere Artikel werden meist viel günstiger und fairer angeboten. Ihr wisst ja dass ich ein totaler Fan von alten Sci-Fi und Fantasie Serien und Filmen bin, auf Exsila fand ich schon die tollsten Animes aus den 60ern bis 80ers die es teilweise nicht mal mehr auf Amazon zu finden gibt. Meine Lieblingsschnäppchen waren bis jetzt: Captain Future die komplette Serie, Goldorak, der Mann aus Atlantis und die komplette Twilight Zone Kollektion für einen Bruchteil den es mich gekostet hätte diese aus Amerika oder Japan von einem Sammler einzukaufen, den horrenden Versand und die unverschämt hohen Zollkosten zu übernehmen und fünf Wochen darauf zu warten.

Die meisten Nutzer sind sehr freundlich.

Die meisten in der Community sind dankbar und vernünftig wenn sie eine tolle CD, DVD, BluRay oder Hörbuch günstig und schnell bekommen, die sie so teilweise auf dem Markt nicht finden könnten. Inzwischen kann ich sogar meine französischen und kanadischen Preziosen so loswerden. Und klappt was nicht, wird zuerst direkt miteinander eine Lösung gesucht und meistens gefunden, bevor der Kundendienst eingeschaltet werden muss.

Ehrlicherweise muss ich gestehen: Es gibt auch hier die leider inzwischen obligat gewordenen Stänkerer und Tüpflischisser die meinen für zwei Punkte (ca. 50 Rappen) eine als gebraucht verkaufte uralt-CD die zwar wie beschrieben einwandfrei funktioniert, nach zwanzig Jahren im Regal jedoch verständlicherweise nicht ohne jede sichtbare Spur, kaufen wollen um diese dann selbst teuer weiterverkaufen zu können und die dann rumjammern und teilweise sogar ein ganz klein wenig flunkern um selbst besser dazustehen. Diese Händler versuchen auch durch unfaire Bewertungen ihre eigene recht bescheidene Bewertungsskala zu relativieren, oder Konkurrenten auszuschalten. Ein paar meiner Freunde sind deswegen auch schon nicht mehr aktiv auf Exsila. Es lohnt sich jedoch dafür zu kämpfen diese unangenehmen Zeitgenossen in die Ecke zu verweisen!

Es sind zum Glück nur noch ganz Wenige davon auf Exsila tätig und der Kundendienst hilft meistens sehr schnell und kulant, wenn man sich deswegen an ihn wendet. 

Zudem lassen sich die unangenehmen und negativen Spassbremsen schnell und einfach “blockieren/blacklisten” damit sie danach nicht mehr bei Dir einkaufen und mit Dir interagieren können.  

Ich persönlich kam zurück als Exsila wieder zur reinen Tauschplattform wurde und wieder vermehrt gegen dieses Leute vorging. Dank des kürzlichen Führungswechsel bei Exsila ist ein spürbarer Wandel zum Besseren vollzogen worden, und es wird wieder vermehrt darauf geachtet dass unangenehme Zeitgenossen sich hier nicht allzu sehr breit machen und uns Hobbytauscher vertreiben. 

Ökologisch – ökonomisch sinnvoll!

Die Wegwerfmentalität ist mir zutiefst zuwider. Wenn ich etwas nicht mehr brauche, heisst das noch lange nicht, dass es jemand Anderem nicht nützlich wäre, und ihm sogar Freude bereiten könnte. Deshalb statt alte CD’s zu entsorgen, oder gar wegzuwerfen, kann man sie unverbindlich einstellen, und getrost mal abwarten. Ihr werdet es nicht bereuen. Denn plötzlich meldet sich Exsila mit der freudigen PushNote ihr hättet es verkauft. Und manchmal gibt es sogar noch ein Mail vom Käufer wo Jemand Euch erzählt wie lange und warum er/sie schon genau diesen Artikel gesucht hat.

Neue Nutzer werben lohnt sich!

Wenn ihr euch ein Exsila-Konto anlegen möchtet, dann gebt unbedingt an, dass ihr von meiner Wenigkeit (https://www.exsila.ch/natvalcas) angeworben wurdet – damit helft ihr mir bei jedem Verkauf. Denn wenn sich meine Freunde anmelden, werden mir die ersten fünf Franken ihrer durch eigene Verkäufe generierten Tauschgebühren auf mein CHF-Konto gutgeschrieben.

Und falls ihr immer noch unsicher seid, ob sich das lohnt: Wer sich einen neuen Account anlegt, erhält als Willkommensgeschenk einen Gratis Artikel. Nicht übel, oder?

Before, you had good actors in good stories, now they are pretty boys and girls filmed with a noobish shaky hand-camera drowned in an abundance of CGI, to confuse the audience into thinking they actuall watched a good movie. (And the occasional old guys making cameos, obviously needing the cash, very very badly.)  

So, instead of investing all its money into marketing ninjas trying to fix disastrously boring and endlessly repetitive movies, (yes, especially all the reboots and sequels) how about Hollywood investing in real writers, a bloody camera-tripod, and some optical image stabilisers again, for crying out loud!!! Because they are mistaking our dizziness and nausea when watching their lovelessly jotted products with excitement over a captivating story. All reboots are far worse than the most poorly written fan fiction I’ve ever read! Enough already! Hollywood makes Stephenie Meyer and E. James look like Shakespeare and Dickens these days, because they at least, stole from various sources, instead of just one, unlike all the reboot specialists trying to retell a story they never got in the first place. They are a bit like that annoying kid in kindergarten on Monday Morning, trying to recap saturdays Doctor Who episode for you, but all they got was this dude in a blue box went woosh, and boom and then he talked for a while, and boom, you know!? And I’m like: 😏🙄
  

yes, JJ, I’m looking at you, kid. But I digress again…

The first two Jason Bournes had spectacular stories written by a true master. The shaking and zooming were already hard to cope with, but at least the story, the choreography, character development, and pace was right, more than right it was innovative, fresh, sharp. The third still had a great story, but the shakiness and excessive use of extreme  closeups was on the knuckle.

 And then it went awry. Everyone had to use it constantly in every movie, in every scene!

The latter Bournes are just shaking all around with so many extreme zoom-ins and zoom-outs and zoom-ins and zoom-outs and a shake to the left and a shake to the right in every single scene you can’t even count them, not to talk of all the extreme closups, enough to scare every dermatologist, including Doctor Pimple Popper herself, to death. 
So please, stop it already! Every iPhone, and drone has steadycams optical stabilisers etc… on it, so just fucking use them all ready! 

The Wilhelm Scream stopped being an inside and thus funny joke after everybody started using it, now it’s just embarrassingly awkward. Like the moment your granny digs your jeans, when that happens, it’s time for a change in style, kiddo! And it’s the same with the Dramamine camera!

 

#JasonBourne #ShakyCamera #Hollywood #Boring

Es wurde ja bereits mehrfach erwähnt und zwar mehr als deutlich dass der Riesen-Bärenklau phototoxisch ist! Und er ist und bleibt brandgefährlich. In der Schweiz ist er verboten und meldepflichtig und in Deutschland ist die Ansalbung nach § 40 des Bundesnaturschutzgesetzes genehmigungspflichtig! 

Er wird leider von Unbedarften oft mit dem hier heimischen Wiesen-Bärenklau (Heracleum sphondylium) der gut für Kaninchen ist verwechselt. Hier dazu das Zitat von Wikipedia: Junge Blätter des Wiesenbärenklaus sind ein gutes Viehfutter z. B. für Kaninchen. Für hellhäutige Tiere ist bei der Verfütterung jedoch Vorsicht geboten, weil durch den Furocumaringehalt des Krauts bei Sonnenbestrahlung auch hier entzündliche Hautreaktionen auftreten können.
Verwendung in der Kräuterküche:

Die Wiesen-Bärenklau ist jung (!) ungiftig und nur der Wiesenbärenklau und auch nur wenn er noch nicht “verholzt” also jung ist. Junge Blätter und Sprosse werden daher vom Menschen als Wildgemüse genutzt. In der osteuropäischen Küche ist Wiesen-Bärenklau ein Hauptbestandteil für Borschtsch. Bei größeren Exemplaren kann der Stiel geschält und roh gegessen oder zu Kompott verarbeitet werden. Empfindliche Personen sollten auch beim Wiesenbärenklau beim Schälen der haarigen, stacheligen Stängel Handschuhe tragen, um Hautreizungen zu vermeiden.
Der Riesen-Bärenklau Heracleum mantegazzianum, Syn.: Heracleum giganteum, ist jedoch auch für Kaninchen und Meerschweinchen toxisch! 
Also bitte, Wiesenbärenklau unter Umständen, ja. Riesenbärenklau, grosses Nein! Und wenn ihr nach dem Süppchen noch das Dessert geniessen wollt, nehmt auch besser keinen gefleckten Schierling dafür!
Oberes Foto – Riesen Bärenklau – Phototoxisch 
Mittleres Foto – Berg Wiesen Bärenklau – jung geniessbar

Unteres Foto – gefleckter Schierling – tödlich

Ich habe einen Gehörschaden und daher dachte ich, dass Evans the motor-mouth (Doppeldeutigkeit beabsichtigt) nur deshalb so kreischend laut und schrill rüberkommt, aber das scheinen auch “Gesunde” so zu empfinden.

Matt ist eine angenehme Überraschung, ein petrol-head und Gentleman, der viel vom Fach versteht, ruhig, deutlich und besonnen redet und die Autos und Co-Moderatoren respektiert. Er bringt eine ungeahnte Klasse (im Anzug im Rolls) ins Top Gear Team, die mir sehr gefällt. Und er zeigt sichtlich Freude daran dabei zu sein.

Sabine ist (noch) keine Moderatorin, doch die weitaus bessere und kompetentere Fahrerin, als es ClarHamMay je waren und ihre Rolle im Team ist ausbaufähig. Zudem ist sie erfrischend begeisterungsfähig und charmant. Es ist noch keine Meisterin vom Himmel gefallen!

Die Anderen, Rory, Eddie und Chris sind austauschbar und mindestens zwei davon für dieses Format überflüssig. (So von wegen: zu viele Köche verderben den Brei.)

Die Gäste sind sind nicht mehr ganz so hochkarätige A-Listet zu sein, wie vorher. Sie scheinen sich auch irgendwie unwohl zu fühlen mit diesem forciert jovalem Spiel. Das mit dem gegenseitigen Vorstellen entspringt eher einer Kader-Teamförderungs-Du bist ok, ich bin ok-Veranstaltung der 2000er Jahre.

Die Moderatoren scheinen für mich, wie eine Boyband, aus purer Berechnung, aus einer Zuschauer-Statistik ausgewählt worden zu sein. YouTube Publikum? Check! Frauen? Check! Ami? Check! Schwarzer? Check! Oh, sollten wir für eine britische Show noch einen Briten nehmen? Klar, nehmen wir doch den zweitlautesten, zweitreichsten Rolls fahrenden Proll, den wir nach Jezza finden können? Check!

Die Filmaufnahmen, die Vertonung und der Schnitt der Sequenzen ist weiterhin meisterlich komponiert und umgesetzt. Eins A!

Alles in Allem finde ich die Show ausbaufähig und wie die erste Staffel des damals neuen TopGear ab 2002 mit Clarkson einfach noch nicht ganz ausgereift. Was aber auf keinen Fall in Season 2 fehlen darf, ist die Vorstellung neuer Fahrzeuge, Modelle, Erlkönigen und Studien unter einer “Aktuell – Vermischtes” Rubrik o.Ä.

Wenn ich wählen könnte, würde ich Matt zum Bleiben bewegen, den rothaarigen Schreihals wegkomplimentieren und die Anderen als Spezielle Gastmoderatoren aufs Äusserste beschränken. (Update: Evans scheint bereits die Konsequenzen gezogen zu haben, und tritt ab.)

Aber das ist nur meine Meinung. Und ich hoffe sehr, dass es eine zweite Staffel gibt!

I will translate this into an English Version, if requested.

Herrgottnochmal!

Habt ihr denn gar nichts gelernt?

Genau so fing es vor 100 Jahren auch an!

Die Dümmsten mit der grössten Klappe blenden die eigenen Fehler aus um sie den anderen in die Schuhe zu schieben.

An Allem sind die Juden/Schwulen/Asylanten (beliebig austauschbar) schuld;
– Die nehmen mir die Jobs weg (für die Du zu gut bist)
– Die nehmen mir die Frauen/Männer weg (für die Du zu einfältig bist)
– Die sind alles Kriminelle (Du betrügst ja nur deine Versicherung, deinen Arbeitgeber beim Blaumachen und den Staat mit deiner Steuererklärung etc.)
– Die stinken und sind schmutzig (Du duschst nie aber Dein Schweiss riecht ja nicht, und Du schmeisst grad’ den Zigarettenstummel auf den Boden)
– Die machen die Züge schmutzig, in denen sie tagelang eingesperrt waren wie in einem Gefängnis (Du zerschlitzt ja nur die Sitze deines FC-Basel/Openair/Streatparade-Extrazuges, kotzt alles voll, schmeisst die Schuhe aus dem Fenster, grölst jeden der Gegnermannschaft/Nichthascher/Normalo wie ein brünstiger Hirsch an und machst mit obszönen Sprüchen die Mädchen auf dem Perron an…)

Danach gehst Du wählen, wenn du das überhaupt mal machst! Denn normalerweuse jannst du nichts ausser Sprüche klopfen! Die Politiker nicht ganz so dumm wie sie aussehen, schlagen aus Deinem einfältigem Hass, Deiner Blindheit Kapital und erzählen/lügen Dir das Braune vom Himmel: “wenn die Asylanten weg sind, wenn die Schwulen nicht heiraten dürfen, wenn das Mittelmeer geschlossen wird gehts uns allen viel besser. Nur nicht reinlassen, dann hast du wieder Jobs, dann hast du wieder Geld. Denn das sind alles Betrüger, gell?!” (Unterdessen verschieben eben diese Politiker Deinen Job ins Ausland damit ihre Margen höher werden, weil outsourcing/Geiz geil ist. Siehe Blocher und Konsorten…)

Und du nennst uns blind???

Der gute Hitler wurde vom deutschen Volk damals auch gewählt! Genau so fing es damals auch an! Und die Letzten die das erlebten sind noch nicht mal tot!

Natürlich, nachher will Jeder ein Widerstandskämpfer und keiner ein Nazi gewesen sein! Nein, Du bist wahrlich kein Held! Sondern ein dummer und einfältiger Feigling!

Und falls wir auf irgendeiner Plattform “befreundet” sein sollten, bitte ich dich mich umgehend zu entfolgen! Mit dir will ich nichts zu tun haben!