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Countdown to Election 2008. More political stuff all this week on “web video of the day.” Tune out if you can’t take it. In case you’ve forgotten the original: Just to be clear, I don’t highlight these videos out of any overwhelming admiration for Barack Obama — I’ll not be voting for him next week … more…
Apparently I’m not enough of a Trekkie to have realized that there’s been a thing between William Shatner and George Takei all these years. It came to a head this week, as the Associated Press reported: “William Shatner lashes out at George Takei.” That seems a bit of an exaggeration. Here’s the “lashing out”: Lashing … more…
The conversation on my review of Sicko got a bit of a jumpstart this week, so it’s a good moment to mention that the PBS documentary Critical Condition, about what happens when you don’t have health care in America and dare to get sick, is streaming in its entirety online through November 11, 2008. Watch … more…
Richard Wolff, professor of economics at UMass Amherst, explains the roots of the current financial crisis and capitalism in general:
I won’t tell you what network this news story aired on (though some of you may recognize the logo in the bottom left corner). It’s identified at the end. I will ask: Why should we have to go to this network for this perspective? And don’t say that they’re just trying to make us look … more…
Michael Palin for vice president:
What Bill Maher said: via Americablog
Oh, man, don’t watch this if you’re in a low mood, cuz this’ll only make it worse: Brutal. But funny, too. Weird how that can be.
The right words can hold a power beyond, well, words: (via KarmaTube)
This is supposed to be amusing, of course, but it makes me a little sad. It makes me wonder, Who decided that parts of our bodies were “naughty” and deserve to be covered up, and why are some of those parts different for men and women? (via Very Short List)
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