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Here’s a short (under-seven-minute) science fiction adventure film based on the video game Portal. It’s a bit slow at first, but it gets better: It reportedly took a year and a half to make and if I’m not mistaken was … Continue reading
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Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota), addressing a room full of college students, responds to a clip of Fox News’s Brit Hume claiming that “… statically speaking, U.S. soldiers have less of a chance of dying of all causes in Iraq than … Continue reading
This clever video from Eran Amir of Israel involved photographing some 500 people in succession, each in a different location and each holding a different still picture. Viewed in sequence, the pictures form a movie, complete with a classic count-down … Continue reading
Here’s a clip of the great Betty White from Craig Ferguson’s show during in 2008. As it opens, she’s talking about her speech-writing for presidential candidate John McCain: by … Continue reading
The Japanese comedy duo Gomarjobat on the British television show Comedy Rocks (ITV1). Quite funny and inventive combination of many classic gags into one smoothly done routine. Well worth a few minutes of your time: by … Continue reading
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains the consequences should S&P continue to reduce the credit rating of the U.S. Treasury. Among the likely consequences: Bonefish Grills would become Red Lobsters. by … Continue reading
Here’s another excellent, brief piece from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show: The Daily Show – World of Class Warfare – The Poor’s Free Ride Is OverGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook … Continue reading
Here’s something I found on my brother Tom’s blog posted August 13. Don’t worry: Despite where you think the story is going, it is not depressing. Well, actually, one piece of the story is depressing, or maybe the right word … Continue reading
As I wrote last night, Warren Buffett objects to paying a substantially lower overall tax rate than most middle-class Americans, including his own staff. (See his op-ed from Sunday’s New York Times here.) Lately, a number of Republicans from that … Continue reading
Here are a couple of interesting short segments about the language Esperanto broadcast on British television programs in the last few years. First, Arthur Smith has a short segment on The One Show: And here Kelly Clarkson learns some Esperanto … Continue reading