What an inspiring speech from Charlie Chaplin in the classic talkie The Great Dictator. Charlie Chaplin final speech in The Great Dictator – YouTube
Aug 112012
Jul 222012
Exactly right! Image captures it all. From the opiate of the masses to this: TV takes a dump in your brain. Perfect. Now I’m gonna go watch American Idol. Great cartoon : occupywallstreet.
Jun 292012
It’s what we want from politicians or news people–a little honesty–so obviously it’s fiction. But it’s also a deliciously devastating reality check of a monologue that’s delivered perfectly by Jeff Daniels in the HBO series The Newsroom. America is not the greatest country in the world…but it could be.
Apr 122012
Vegetarian myth busting ~ Superb interview with Lierre Keith, author of The Vegetarian Myth. Keith touches on many of the myth busting conclusions she came to after finally accepting that her health was deteriorating after 20 years as a committed vegan.
Mar 242012
Wow! It looks like you’ve worked very hard here. I’m just gonna take half of your Legos and pass them out to some of the other kids that have been napping all day. I laughed, but this whole “I don’t want my taxes supporting the lazy” issue is more complex than the poster implies.
Mar 232012
How quickly the GOP forgets…
Mar 172012
Nobel economist Paul Krugman argues that the GOP’s goal of increasing U.S. oil production will not help gas prices. The logic is simple:
Mar 112012
This collection of Neil deGrasse Tyson clips (assembled by Scrunchthethird on YouTube) are inspiring. I’m old enough to remember when we landed on the moon and the excitement that generated in me as a child. It was a great way to grow scientists. It was a great way to keep us dreaming. We’ve lost our
Mar 102012
If underfunding public education leaves many children of the less affluent shut out from upward mobility, well, did you really believe that stuff about creating equality of opportunity? So whenever you hear Republicans say that they are the party of traditional values, bear in mind that they have actually made a radical break with the
Mar 062012
In Rick Santorum’s own words: