It is not often you get to hear someone wake up ON AIR to the complete puppet show that is our political system. But this is a delightful example. Talk show host Mark Larsen interviews Mitt Romney and blows a fuse. It's beautiful.
Final score: Romney 0, Paul 1
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
On-air awakening
Saturday, January 26, 2008
BBC documentary on the attempted US coup, 1930s
It was plotted by a number of powerful American industrialists. And guess who was in the group? Prescott Bush, Dubya's grandfather. Hmm.... They were going to install an openly fascist regime after deposing FDR. Unfuckingbelievable. This is not fringe stuff, this is real history.
Part One:
Here is the rest of the documentary: Part Two | Part Three
Dean Radin, PhD, on psi phenomenon
Dean Radin is a scientist investigating the reality of psi phenomenon, and has some interesting things to say. It turns out that there is quite a lot of evidence for it, and it is starting to be less taboo, as a subject of study or even discussion.
If you want more detail, check out this longer lecture Radin gave at Google. It's quite good.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Anais Mitchell - 1984
This is a pretty, funny, and saddening song. She reminds me a lot of Jane Siberry, musically.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Hacking Democracy
Here's a jaw-dropping HBO documentary on the problems with electronic voting machines.