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Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women | Watch Free Documentary Online

Great short film—actually a lecture—by Jean Kilbourne on the extent of advertising’s dehumanization of women and perpetuation of destructive stereotypes about both genders.
Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women | Watch Free Documentary Online.

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Internet is Underrated: A Note on Activism, Populism and Polarization at the End of the ‘Aughts

Really interesting analysis of the power of the Internet by the really interesting (and usually spot on political analyst) Nate Silver:
“Let me advance a proposition for you. It’s going to be a controversial one. Ready?
The proposition is this: the Internet is really important!
OK, so I’m joking — sort of. That tagline sounds so … 2006. [...]

Scott Mendelson, M.D.: Is Life After Death Possible?

Without the ear, there is no sound. Without the eye, there is no color. Without the brain, there is no . . . Cool, trippy article!
“It was the 18th Century Irish philosopher, George Berkeley, who posed the question, “If a tree fell in the forest and there was no one there to hear it, would [...]

Judas: Moment of Betrayal

Judas: Moment of Betrayal
My friend John Wheeler wrote, produced and directed this hilarious video!

Joe Lieberman Wants You Dead

“JOE LIEBERMAN SEES NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN TAKING $150,100 FROM PURDUE PHARMA AND LETTING YOUR MOM DIE BECAUSE SHE CAN’T AFFORD HER MEDS”
You have to keep refreshing the page to see all the jokes! Hilarious!
via Joe Lieberman Wants You Dead.

Jon Stewart Slams Ingraham For Comparing Health Care Reform To Holocaust (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart Slams Ingraham For Comparing Health Care Reform To Holocaust (VIDEO).

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Keith Olbermann: Kill the Bill

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Andy Ostroy: The Economy is Recovering, No Thanks to Republicans

“It’s the Democrats’ economy, stupid.
One year ago the United States economy was on the precipice of catastrophic meltdown. One year later America’s financial system, while not thriving, is surely showing signs of surviving and climbing back from its abysmal state, with a broad range of economic indicators signaling the early stages of recovery. The economy [...]

Les Leopold: Wall Street’s Latest Ponzi Scheme: Bailout Repayments?

Les Leopold, Author of , The Looting of America
“But bankers see nothing at all wrong with seven figure compensation packages for helping to create the Great Recession and destroy over seven million jobs. As my cousin Jeff points out, this is a precisely like the captain of the Exxon Valdez demanding and getting a big [...]

The Perils of Palinism

From Going Rouge: Sarah Palin–An American Nightmare, edited by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, available only by direct order from OR Books.
“But what of the poison’s other effects? Her nonsensical statements may inadvertently provide comic relief, but it’s no laughing matter when serious debate is distorted by the wild misinformation she feeds to her [...]