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HARDtalk: Ken O’Keefe on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Christiaan — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:53:59 +0000

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Hitler moves from YouTube to Vimeo

Christiaan — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:31:06 +0000

There are hundreds of parodies of this "Downfall" clip. The studio, Constantin Films, has ordered takedowns of some of them, and eventually even had this parody removed from YouTube. In this clip, Hitler is the producer, and his lawyers tell him why he can't do a DMCA takedown and how the EFF could stop him. He desperately searches for other ways to protect the movie. Click through for the video.

Everything is okay

Christiaan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:43:07 +0000

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What if you could video record your entire life?

Christiaan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:05:48 +0000

I've just been updating some photos on Flickr and it struck me how much we record and photograph children's lives these days. Looking back on photos and video is a great way to reminisce. But what if one day you could video record your entire life and play it back? Freaky. Edit: Watched a film called Code 46 the other day, in which you can upload your memories to a device and play them back in video.

Lip reading Star Trek

Christiaan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:28:31 +0000

Hilarious. Click through for the video.

Change blindness

Christiaan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:16:17 +0000

Spooky. Click through for the video.

Time lapse of building going up

Christiaan — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:21:20 +0000

This is a time lapse I put together of a residential project I worked on in London. The photos were taken over a period of two and half years with various cameras by a friend from his canal boat moored in the adjacent basin. I cropped and straightened each photo manually before stitching them together to form the video.

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Neptune Storm

Christiaan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:05:51 +0000

May I present Neptune Storm by Night Star Fireworks. Credit goes to Elisabeth for breathtaking camera work, Kristin for unrivalled spectatorship and yours truly for deftly wick lighting skills.

Food for thought

Christiaan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:17:45 +0000

Channel 4’s Dispatches last night: Do You Know What’s in Your Breakfast? A reminder that, in capitalism, it’s not the job of the food industry to provide good healthy food. Their job is to make as much money by whatever means necessary, even if that means sneaking copious amounts of saturated fat, sugar and salt into…

Line fishing on an industrial scale

Christiaan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:08:10 +0000

This is a clip from Fragile Paradise, the first in a series of documentaries by the BBC called South Pacific.

‘You are being shagged by a rear parrot’

Christiaan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:26:56 +0000

Sirocco the Kakapo, a native parrot of New Zealand, gets frisky. An extract from Stephen Fry’s and Mark Carwardine’s new BBC documentary, Last Chance to See: H.264 H.264 360p FLV 360p MP4 240p FLV Flash (via Frogblog)

Neda’s death used selectively as a propaganda tool

Christiaan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:36:12 +0000

Neda Agha-Soltan is a young women from Iran who was shot dead while protesting against repression in Iran. She has a page on Wikipedia. Photos and video and of her death have been widely broadcast by the Western media, with copious amounts of faux sympathy. She deserves our sympathy because she appears to be a…

Video of women bundled to ground for requesting badge number

Christiaan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:12:37 +0000

The Guardian has video of two women being bundled to the ground by police for daring to ask a police officer for his badge number.

Chomsky on the economy and democracy

Christiaan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:52:59 +0000

RNN interview with Noam Chomsky, who quickly gets to the nub of things as usual, e.g.: … for example, take … the AIG bonuses that are … causing such anger, rightfully. Dean Baker pointed out that there’s an easy way to deal with it. Since the government pretty much owns AIG anyway (it just doesn’t…

The Great Feast

Christiaan — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:22:39 +0000

Incredible clip from the sixth and last episode of the BBC’s Nature’s Great Events.

Raw footage of aftermath of one of Israel’s terrorist attacks on Gaza

Christiaan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:53:38 +0000

This video clip was taken with a mobile camera immediately after a terrorist Israeli air strike hit a busy market early on Saturday 03, Jan 2009, Gaza. Flash Flash

Noam Chomsky: What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World

Christiaan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:17:17 +0000

Noam Chomsky discusses the meaning of President-Elect Barack Obama’s victory and the possibilities ahead for real democratic change at a speech last week in Boston. Part 1 Flash Flash Part 2 Flash Flash Part 3 Flash Flash

A nice big joint

Christiaan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:03:56 +0000

Thought this was rather nice. From Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares this evening.

Describing an alternative economy in 30 minutes

Christiaan — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:34:40 +0000

This is video is of Michael Albert, an economic visionary and one of my favourite people, attempting to describe an alternative economy—Participatory Economics—in 30 minutes. I think he does quite well. There’s more here, including a Q & A session and a description from Jessica Azulay on how she and others put one of the institutions of parecon—balanced job complexes—into…

Hugh Hendry advocates abolishing fractional-reserve banking?

Christiaan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:11:05 +0000

This was hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry on Dispatches tonight. Is he really advocating the abolishment of fractional-reserve banking, a system where banks create money out of thin air and are required to keep only a fraction of their deposits in reserve. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see this unbelievable scam terminated, but does Hugh…

Noam Chomsky on 2008 U.S. election and U.S. democracy

Christiaan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:12:31 +0000

Brilliant interview with Chomsky where he gets to the nub of things as usual. People should vote against McCain and for Obama — but without illusions. H.264 H.264 360p FLV 360p MP4 240p FLV Flash Part II: Chomsky on the economy Current crisis demonstrates anti-democratic nature of financial system H.264 H.264 360p FLV 360p MP4…

Once in a century rip-off

Christiaan — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:48:33 +0000

Interview with economist Dr. Michael Hudson on the proposed $700 billion heist in the U.S. H.264 H.264 360p FLV 360p MP4 240p FLV Flash BASILONE: So this neoliberal economic model, then, is this proof that it doesn’t work? Or are we going to still see more of this? HUDSON: To its proponents it’s not proof, they’ll…

The Anti-American dance

Christiaan — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 01:53:02 +0000

Apparently banned by the Norwegian government this catchy tune by Gatas Parlament begins with a news clip stating that the Kill Him Now campaign, “a non-religious movement collecting money for a bounty on Bush’s head,” has raised enough money to hire a hit man. It spills out from there into a scathing polemic of U.S.…