Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:21:56 am
[Video moved to newer post...] Yes, it's that time of the year again; the time when religious fanatics, creationists, fundamentalists, homophobic bigots and social conservatives with raging persecution complexes gather to share their psychoses at the right wing loonfest known as the Values Voter Summit. Here's a live feed from this insane ...

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 10:11:06 am
A huge demonstration is taking place today in midtown Manhattan, expected to draw up to 100,000 people: the People's Climate March, intended to focus the world's attention on the need for action on climate change, as the disaster clock is ticking. Here's a good post at Think Progress on this event ...

Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:54:08 am
I've written essentially the same opening each of the past few years. It's still appropriate to remember today, as it was when I first wrote this: September 11, 2001. New Yorkers were heading to the polls to vote in primary elections to determine the next mayor of the city. It ...

Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:00:47 pm
Here we go again, folks; you can see it coming already. During his press conference today, President Obama talked at length about the need to develop a strong, comprehensive regional strategy with US allies and partners to address the threat of ISIL. So what are the right wing blogs going to ...

Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:35:48 pm
YouTube Nickel Creek was made to sing and play around a single microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable. All it took was a reunion tour -- celebrating 25 years of Nickel Creek -- to make it happen. All three of the band's remarkably talented core members have been to ...

Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 1:30:40 pm
Have you noticed that for all the promotion and hype and promises, there hasn't been a lot of... journalism happening at Pierre Omidyar's very expensive journalism project, First Look? Not to mention the weeks that often go by before lonely articles appear at Greenwald's branch, The Intercept? Well, Pierre would like ...

Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 5:58:19 pm
News from Russia -- that bastion of human rights, privacy, internet freedom, and home of Edward Snowden... The Russian government is offering almost 4 million rubles (about USD $100,000) to anyone who can devise a reliable way to decrypt data sent over the Tor anonymity network. A mounting campaign by ...

Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 6:06:09 am
Apparently the latest thing over Jim Hoft's The Gateway Pundit blog is to pinpoint and attack any NGO that receives federal grants to care for undocumented immigrant children. A week ago. Hoft's "guest blogger" Kristinn Taylor torpedoed a shelter proposed by BCFS, a charitable organization based in San Antonio. Taylor declared, ...

Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 8:20:20 am
An open letter to Jim Hoft (aka The Gateway Pundit) and his loyal sidekick Kristinn Taylor, Dear Messrs Hoft and Taylor, I have read Mr Taylor's demand for apologies and retractions from those writers who found fault with your reporting abilities regarding the now canceled Weslaco project. I am referring to this ...

Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:47:16 pm
DERPFollowing up on the ridiculously awful post at Gateway Pundit highlighted by Alouette, let's take a closer look at the claim made by Jim Hoft's guest poster Kristinn Taylor in this screaming headline: FEDS TO OPEN $50 MILLION RESORT for ILLEGAL CHILDREN - Complete With Tennis Courts, Sauna & Pools ...

Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 10:57:30 am
I can't help noticing that the most important and troubling aspect of Barton Gellman's new NSA story for the Washington Post is not even mentioned in the text: In NSA-Intercepted Data, Those Not Targeted Far Outnumber the Foreigners Who Are. But first, here's what is in the text: Among the most ...

Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:40:21 pm
Vimeo As we're being drawn yet again into the mess created by the Bush administration's disastrous war of choice in Iraq, here are some interesting and very pertinent comments from Bill Moyers and Andrew Bacevich on the immoral nature of "preventive" war. BILL MOYERS: What is it about how we go ...

Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 6:07:04 pm
Here's PJ Media in January encouraging people to sign a petition for the White House to secure the release of Bergdahl by ANY means necessary. Including mentioning the possible trade of 5 Taliban GITMO detainees. Related: Supporters launch White House petition to rescue the only American POW in Afghanistan. http://t.co/nRgTh4Z2El — PJ ...

Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 3:33:23 pm
YouTube You may be familiar with Brian Eno's ambient music, but that is most definitely not what's going on here. His project with Underworld singer Karl Hyde is much more pop-oriented; in a way it's a return to "classic Eno," but still slightly bent, in a good way. Also somewhat reminiscent ...

Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:20:52 pm
Vimeo This video was created from one hour of source footage shot from a bluff in San Diego the morning of Jan 21, 2014. I was interested in exploring the manipulation of water and to see how the movements and patterns from surfing interact. Watching surfing typically happens in one ...

Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:10:51 am
This isn't the first time I've been inside the WTC since the 9/11 attacks, particularly since I've been taking PATH since shortly after service was restored in November 2003. But it is the first time I've seen the completed 9/11 Memorial in person. The fencing surrounding the memorial was taken down ...

Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:07:31 am
The GOP is bashing the President after his appearance yesterday at the TZ Bridge calling for $300+ billion in new infrastructure investments. "We're cutting bureaucratic red tape that stalls good projects from breaking ground," Obama said, to cheers from the crowd. The changes will help speed up mega-projects at Boston's South ...

Wed, May 7, 2014 at 1:09:24 pm
Meanwhile, in Edward Snowden's home away from home, President Vladimir Putin is continuing to tighten his autocratic control over the Internet with a new "bloggers law" that requires Internet site owners and bloggers to register with the government, and requires any organizations and companies that host these sites to keep ...

Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 5:21:24 pm
Vimeo The generic electronic music gets a bit overbearing and needlessly grandiose in this one (I just turned it down), but the time-lapse photography is some of the most gorgeous I've ever seen. 'COSMOS ODYSSEY' is a time-lapse project for 5 years. My journeys for AstroPhotography from Equator to Polar Regions. See my ...

Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:55:22 am
This isn't a new story, but since I commented on it extensively in one of the main threads, I figured I might as well turn it into a Page in case it ever comes up. The "Investigation" Back in mid-February right-wing activists had their fainting couches out over a Clarion Project article ...

Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:54:47 pm
Getty Image As if the Bundy Ranch right wing cause célèbre weren't already stupid and hateful enough: He said he would continue holding a daily news conference; on Saturday, it drew one reporter and one photographer, so Mr. Bundy used the time to officiate at what was in effect a town ...

Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:57:03 pm
YouTube THE BOTH (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) Aimee Mann and Ted Leo have joined forces for a collaborative project they call The Both. The duo's self-titled debut is out now on SuperEgo Records. ' "Walking along Milwaukee's riverfront between sound check and show time last year, Aimee and I were ...

Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 10:13:50 am
Vimeo Meet Sunny and Steve, the charming characters brought to life by MPC NY in a light-hearted short film written and directed under one roof by in-house talent Bill Dorais and Ty Coyle - just in time for Easter. Born out of MPC's love for storytelling, what started as a ...

Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:53:30 am
Let's face it -- if Edward Snowden's appearance at Vladimir Putin's propaganda puppet show yesterday was supposed to improve his image in the US by showing him "questioning" Putin about mass surveillance, it was a miserable failure. Even many of Snowden's stongest defenders were appalled at that display. So it should ...

Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:11:39 pm
Nearly 100 people in the last five years have been murdered by active users of the leading racist website, Stormfront, according to a report released today by the SPLC's Intelligence Project. Registered Stormfront users have been disproportionately responsible for some of the most lethal hate crimes and mass killings since ...