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Man is awed by a full on Double Rainbow on YouTube (with Epic Music added)

By ⋅ August 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Man (on acid?) is overwhelmed by the magic of a double rainbow. A YouTube remix with Epic Music added and the original (without Epic Music)

Meron Benvenisti quote regards hypocracy two state solution Israel Palestine

By ⋅ July 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Since it is impossible to refrain from reacting to the Palestinian demand for self-determination in the occupied territories, the Israelis seek to limit it to a mere quarter of them, those who live in the West Bank. For them they have invented a unique concept of a “state”: Its “sovereignty” will be scattered, lacking any [...]

Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neil – League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

By ⋅ July 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Alan Moore does a BBC interview on some of his more famous comics – this one is on ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’.

Lawrence Lessig – Fix Congress First

By ⋅ July 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Lawrence Lessig has moved from activism on Creative Commons issues to activism on fixing Democracy. It boils down to trust. A system of governance without trust can not be an effective Democracy. A system that incorporates an addiction to lobbyists money and electoral campaigns to maintain power and, at the end, retire into the wealthy [...]

Steve Jobs Interview – 2010, All Things Digital

By ⋅ July 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Long, gloves off (in a respectful way) interview with Steve Jobs. Covers a lot of ground and quite interesting.

Sea Shepherd

By ⋅ June 21, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

If you believe business as usual will work and you don’t need to do much more than pay your bills and drop your kids off to school, you may want to watch this. Human Governments and Big Business have squeezed out pretty much all that Earth can take and keep on giving. From here on [...]

Sam Shepard on requesting to use his horse for a film shoot, a stuntman, and a cactus

By ⋅ May 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Sam Shepard was offered a role in the early 80′s for a film called The Right Stuff. The film was to be shot in the Mojave Desert of California. One of the reasons Shepard was interested in the film was a chase scene on galloping horses, a man (his character) chasing his wife through the [...]

Amy Goodman causes Olympic anxiety for Canadian border guard

By ⋅ November 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Canadian border guards give Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! a thorough detention and harassment as she attempts to cross the border into Canada to promote her new book. How is this in Canada’s border guards purview? Harassing a news anchor on a book tour? Over the Winter Olympics? After 90 minutes, when they finally [...]

“People with some of the smallest carbon footprints on earth are being displaced by companies with some of the biggest.” by Mark Schapiro

By ⋅ November 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Corporate solutions seem to lose sight and punish the little guy even without actively willing it. They just can’t help themselves. It’s the nature of the belief system that the world needs leadership and you’re it. The little guy, living in their little world, with their little education just don’t get it. Didn’t think I [...]

USA President’s official White House family photo

By ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, sit for a family portrait in the Green Room of the White House, Sept. 1, 2009. (Official White House Photo) Actually, The Official White House Photostream has quite a few interesting photos.

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