web video of the day

Happy Fourth of July to everyone in the U.S. To everyone else: I’m sorry it’s just a regular work day for you. (Technorati tags: Hot Dog Etiquette)

Because satire goes right over the head of 83.2 percent of Americans: (Technorati tags: coal)

Wow: There seems to be some debate over whether or how much the elephant “artist” here may have been coached or trained, but I’d like to think it’s as real and authentic as can be, that this represents another sentient creature saying “I am.” (I just posted something about communicating with other sentient creatures here.) … more…

Ah, poking fun at Expelled ain’t never gonna get old… via Bad Astronomy (Technorati tags: astrology)

Spoiler: It’s all about how John McCain called his wife a cunt. No, really, he did. (Technorati tags: John McCain, cunt) via Americablog

Another reason to love John Cusack (not that I needed one): (Technorati tags: John Cusack, John McCain)

Isabella Rosellini is demented in the most delightful way. She’s making porno about insects… and she’s starring in it: Green Porno: Earthworm on FunnyOrDie.com (Technorati tags: Green Porno, Isabella Rosellini)

Makes me think of that “school for the gifted” Far Side cartoon: Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at aniBoom (Technorati tags: Prospective Student, Eric Luhta)

It’s not fancy or snazzy, just a great example of straight-up info that Web video makes wonderfully accessible: Harvard Law scholar Elizabeth Warren strips the bullshit away from the truth around the financial pressures on ordinary Americans in the early 21st century, and how much they’ve changed in only a generation. It’s long but worth … more…