2013 in images -- a (mostly) lighthearted look back
posted by Infidel753 at 1:05 AM
27 December 2013
About Me
- Name: Infidel753
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
Individualist, pro-technology, pro-democracy, anti-religion. I speak only for myself and not for any ideology, movement, or party. It has been my great good fortune to live my whole life free of "spirituality" of any kind. I believe that evidence and reason are the keys to understanding reality; that technology rather than ideology or politics has been the great liberator of humanity; and that in the long run, human intelligence is the most powerful force in the universe.
Previous Posts
- The Turing "pardon" and malignant traditionalism
- Video of the day -- there are phonies everywhere
- Link round-up for 22 December 2013
- Video of the day -- Santa finally loses it
- The reason for the season
- America's houses of horror
- Link round-up for 15 December 2013
- More screeching on the right
- Video of the day -- Ég á líf
- On linking to blog posts -- a minor matter
God doesn't exist
Evolution happened
Global warming is real
Homosexuality is normal
Aging is a curable disease
The election was not stolen
Everything "spiritual" is a lie
US out of UN, UN out of US
Free speech is for everybody
Humans do not have "souls"
Men can't become women
Fetuses are not persons
Words are not violence
Taiwan is a nation
Pluto is a planet
7 Comments:
They're all great. But the Dr. Who maze is awesome!
I'm sorta, kinda doing the same over at P.E. this week.
Fantastic images!
As sinister as it no doubt looks to us now, that scene of Berlin in 1936 is really quite beautiful. That's probably one of the reasons totalitarian movements often succeed, though: because the people behind them are masters at capturing hearts and minds through the use of impressive spectacles and propaganda.
As one who doesn't follow US politics as much as a citizen of your country would, what's the significance of the image of that guy making balloon animals while Obama is giving a speech?
Shaw: The owner must be quite a fan.
Ahab: Thanks!
Zosimus: That clip is from Obama's speech at the funeral of Nelson Mandela. The man next to him was supposedly a sign-language interpreter, but it turned out he was a faker who was just making gestures that superficially looked like sign language. Someone made this gif and added the balloon animal as a joke since it fits the gestures rather well. I just thought it was funny.
I cannot stop watching the balloon animal gif! Outstanding!
Thanks for clarifying. Yes, that gif is quite funny. Very clever too, given how the creators have made it look as if the guy really is making a balloon animal in it.
On the topic of 2013 deaths, I heard that Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, passed away a few days ago. Like that of Mandela, his death wasn't a complete surprise to me (he was nearly as old as Mandela), but still a bit sad nonetheless. I'd read a bit about him; his life sounded quite interesting.
Emily: I love how some people can find humor in such situations.
Zosimus: I heard about Kalashnikov's death. I didn't blog about it, though, since I don't know enough about him to assess his impact on the world.
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