web video of the day

People are weird: (Technorati tags: Macbeth Puppets)

Think about this while you’re running around the mall buying crap this holiday season for people who don’t need it, and will probably return it anyway for other crap they don’t need: (Technorati tags: George Carlin, Who Really Controls America) via Sideshow

Which Republican presidential candidate should you trust? via Eschaton (Technorati tags: Rudy Giuiliani, Republican values, political satire)

I’m not sure how well this concept works, but apparently lots of people are making movie-style trailers for their self-published books: (If you’re intrigued, buy Doctor Janeway’s Plague at Amazon.) (Technorati tags: Doctor Janeway’s Plague, book trailers)

It’s World AIDS Day. Have an orgasm… safely: via AdGabber This is an ad for French company King of the Condom, which will offer a lifetime five percent discount to anyone who buys condoms today, and will donate the proceeds from the day to AIDS group Association Sida Info Service. (FYI: The site is in … more…

Geek out: Thanks to my brother Ken for the tip. (Technorati tags: Kevin Smith, Superman)

Character comedy via the HBO Comedy Festival, from writer-performer John Roberts: via Jezebel I grew up mostly on Long Island. I knew kids’ moms who were just like this. (Technorati tags: Phone Call, Long Island mom, John Roberts)

via Fox News Porn Thank god for muckraker Robert Greenwald and his Brave New Films. He’s doing the job the mainstream news orgs used to do. He’s the 21st century’s Upton Sinclair. (Technorati tags: Fox News Porn, Bill O’Reilly, Robert Greenwald)

Because hip-hop makes everything real: via Firedoglake (Technorati tags: Writer Boi, WGA strike)

Thanks to Mark Leeper for the tip. (Technorati tags: King Kong, movie trailers)