Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The iPhone 3G has a lot of new features, but will it blend? (These folks blend anything.)
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Ready To Moonwalk?
Strap up your Nike Vandals, and get ready to break! It's Alfonso Ribeiro's breakdancing book. It even comes with it's own cardboard!
Labels: Video
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
"Worthless" Forensic Technique
60 Minutes teamed up with the Washington Post to look into a forensic technique called “bullet lead analysis” that had been used by the FBI for over 30 years. The technique was recently found to be flawed. It wasn’t even scientifically proven. A former FBI chief metallurgist performed his own research on the testing and found that the technique isn’t “based on science at all, but rather had been based on subjective belief for over four decades.” He added, “It’s worthless as a forensic tool.” Many cases that used this technique as testimony are now being called in to question. At first, the Justice Department was reluctant to tell those who were convicted on this evidence that bullet lead analysis is flawed. But because of the story, the FBI will now “identify, review and release all of the pertinent cases.”
Here is the 60 Minutes story via the Washington Post:
Here is the 60 Minutes story via the Washington Post:
Labels: Government Secrecy, Law, Video
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Out Of His "Arse"
You’ve probably heard about Rudy Giuliani misinterpreted and misrepresenting prostate cancer survival rates in England compared to the U.S. Here’s a fact check showing how incompatible the comparisons are. And below is Mark Day saying how Giuliani is talking out of his “arse” when it comes to prostate stats.
Labels: Health Care, Prez-Race, Video
Friday, November 02, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
A 430-Part System For The Internet
Having trouble understanding the Internet? Don’t understand blogging or electronic mail? Check out this well-produced video for “Gabe and Max’s How To Get The Dreamlife Of Your Dreams Using The Internet.” After using their easy 430-part system, you can use the Internet to get “flashy clothes, dental insurance, and everything.”
Labels: Video
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
By Any Other Name
Last week, the New York Times reported that despite constant denials from the Bush Administration, torturing of detainees by U.S. interrogators was approved by the Justice Department. The article states the DOJ, “provided explicit authorization to barrage terror suspects with a combination of painful physical and psychological tactics, including head-slapping, simulated drowning and frigid temperatures.”
That’s not “torture”? The Daily Show’s Senior Interrogation Analyst Jon Oliver helps us find lost meaning in “torture” and other words.
That’s not “torture”? The Daily Show’s Senior Interrogation Analyst Jon Oliver helps us find lost meaning in “torture” and other words.
Labels: Government Secrecy, Terrorism, Torture, Video
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Only Ugly People, Please
Check out Popeye – or Pop-Eye – and Prince Albert (with his Guinness World Record-holding 475 piercings) as they try out for the Ugly Modeling Agency.
Labels: Video
Video of the Violence
Thanks to video cameras and the Internet, the world is able to see the brutality in Burma/Myanmar. CNN obtained video showing brutality that contradicts the government’s version of “utmost restraint” when confronting protesters.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Here Come The Judgments
AP (via MSNBC) reports a federal judge has ruled that two parts of the Patriot Act are unconstitutional. The parts in question are the ones that allow searches without probable cause. You know, Fourth Amendment to U.S. Constitution-foundation of our system of government-type stuff.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed hear arguments on whether lethal injection is constitutional. The Reuters video is below.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed hear arguments on whether lethal injection is constitutional. The Reuters video is below.
Labels: Checks and Balances, Death Penalty, Privacy, Video
Monday, September 24, 2007
Long-Winded, But..
By now, you’ve probably heard about that University of Florida student who was tased (or is it, “tasered”?) at the John Kerry event. This kid was definitely running off at the mouth and over-staying his welcome at the mic. But as you can see from the video below, it didn’t seem to warrant the cops tackling and tasing the guy. The top video below shows his questions (yes, there was more than one). The bottom video is a better view of the cops’ "answer" to his question. In that one, it appears one the cops was quick to pull his gun.
Labels: Video