New Left Media, a duo of college documentarians, has previously been known for interviews with Tea Party activists at rallies who have little to say beyond talking points and who seem surprisingly misinformed about politics. However, this new video by NLM of last weekend’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, hosted on the National Mall by [...]
Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
NLM Shows Sanity Ralliers Much Like Tea Partiers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jon Stewart, New Left Media, Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, Stephen Colbert on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Morning Briefing: 27 September 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
UN names official space host [via The New York Post] It’s been depicted many times in movies, but the United Nations is preparing for a real-life first contact by naming Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman Earth’s official ambassador to any extraterrestrials who may visit our planet. Othman already heads the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, [...]
Libraries Are Long-Term Investments
Posted in Uncategorized on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Are libraries worthwhile or a waste of taxpayers’ money? That’s the question a local Fox reporter investigated when she placed hidden cameras in Chicago’s Harold Washington Library. The footage showed most people using the computers, not in the stacks. As with most local news, it’s shockingly sensationalist, with pointless vox pops tossed in and, for [...]
