BBC’s Richard Lister’s Ignorance

Nov 152008
 

“You might fancy running say, the Jewish Relocation Office, or the German railroads system – agencies which, come to think of it, may have some crossover… “

Anyone think a European journalist would ever dare to write the above paragraph in an article? How about one writing for the BBC?

I didn’t think so.

Except it seems perfectly acceptable for a BBC journalist to do just that, when the topic refers to Native Americans.

Witness the article about the incoming US Administration’s quest for replacements for a myriad of government jobs and appointments, which includes this paragraph.

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 Posted by on November 15, 2008 First Nations , , , , , , , ,  3 Responses »

Someone Pull Paulson

Nov 132008
 

So let me get this straight.

Treasury Secretary Paulson goes to Congress and begs for $700 billion of taxpayers money in large part so the government can buy up bad mortgages, refinancing them/guaranteeing them/what have you, because lenders made seriously bad choices in who they lend money to.

Then the week after the election, he wants to use that $700 billion of taxpayer money instead to buy bank shares, on the grounds it will encourage banks to offer more loans to people.

So … the logic goes “Banks made bad loans, let’s buy their stocks so their shareholders get big fat dividends again, and let the banks make … more bad loans”?

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 Posted by on November 13, 2008 WTF?  No Responses »

Powwow

Nov 112008
 

There’s nothing quite like a Powwow to help bring you back on track inside your own head – Especially when you go to two of them in the space of three days, both social ones.

The second one, George Mason University’s Veteran’s Day powwow, is going to be one of the “memorable” ones.

After two years of effort and work, and with the help of 10+ pounds of steel, I finally got to dance standing up (Well, dancing if you use a rather loose interpretation of “dancing”).

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 Posted by on November 11, 2008 Disability, First Nations, Veterans  2 Responses »

Is Quentin Davies A Traitor?

Nov 032008
 

It’s no secret that I hold politicians in general in contempt – they’re a bunch of parasites who produce nothing yet exercise control over as much as possible.

But recent remarks by Quentin Davies, MP (that’s Member Of Parliament in the UK) have me sickened to my stomach and wondering just how low into the depths of cowardice and buck-passing Brit politicians can sink.

As background: Major Sebastian Morley was a commander in the Special Air Service (SAS), an unfortunately publicly well known special operations regiment of the British Army (AKA Hooligans from Hereford).

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 Posted by on November 3, 2008 WTF?  No Responses »

Render: A Sight For Sore Eyes

Oct 292008
 

With gratitude to all the stick jockeys who fly into all kinds of hell to keep the faith – everyone goes come.

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 Posted by on October 29, 2008 3D Artwork, Veterans No Responses »

Render: Alaska 2012

Oct 272008
 

It’s a week to the US Presidential elections, and buried amongst the negativity and acrimonious statements being made on the campaign trail, people are forgetting the ramifications of the energy “policy” being promoted.

Ever since the whole idea of shattering the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge open for energy exploitation has been around, it’s bugged me.  The push to ruin one of the last pieces of untouched land has been motivated purely by FUD.

Let’s remember a few things here:

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 Posted by on October 27, 2008 3D Artwork, FUD Factor, Musings  No Responses »

Michael 4 Released

Oct 212008
 

m4 300x300 Michael 4 Released

So, Daz3D has announced the release of the long awaited Michael 4 figure for Poser and Daz|Studio.

The base, which is free, is pretty basic – it comes with a base morphs set and a default skin (with boxer shorts – presumably to cover up the fact the base figure comes without genitals).  A quick browse of the Michael 4 section on the Daz3D site (has anyone told them just how awkward that site is to navigate??) shows a few additional skins and outfits have already been released.

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 Posted by on October 21, 2008 3D Artwork  No Responses »

Render – Avatar Commission

Oct 172008
 

t avatar framed 96x96 Render Avatar Commission

t av framed fin 384x384 300x300 Render Avatar Commission

I’m so used to rendering in “large” scale, the idea of coming up with an avatar for a friend that would fit in Yahoo Instant Messenger’s display image restrictions of 96×96 was certainly different.

Figuring out a pose that would work at such a small scale was tricky, but one of adamthwaites’ freebie PoseKit poses seemed to fit the purpose.

I put it over a curved backdrop to give it a studio feel, and used a three light set-up, one being a spot from below the camera position to bring the eyes out – test renders without it left the eyes as black spaces in the final render.

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 Posted by on October 17, 2008 3D Artwork  3 Responses »
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