I’ve done a far more extensive writeup on this over at Pandazing.net, but the basic idea is as follows:
A judge in New Zealand banned the use of the names of two murder suspects online, but allowed their use in the traditional media, causing outrage among bloggers and the online media.
Being an American and living in the US, I can post them as much as I want, so here goes:
In a purposeful and direct violation of a recent court order in New Zealand, I’m proudly posting the names Nathan Tuiti Reo Mutunga Williams and Daniel Bobby Tumata online! And guess what? There is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it!
The two men. Williams is at left and Tumata in the center.
Yes, It’s been a long, long time since my last post (exactly 75 days, almost to the hour, for those of you who are counting). I don’t really have any good reason for this, other than the simple fact that I’ve been distracted by, and very busy with, the entire college experience. That’s not going to change, but I am going to try and start making an effort again to update this blog on a more regular basis - we’ll see how that goes.
Until then, though, I’ll tide you over with two funny, political videos from YouTube. The first comes from someone calling herself “Kim McFriendly,” who is running a satirical campaign on MySpace and YouTube. This video comes is a parody to Avril Lavigne’s song Girlfriend.
Content Warning: This video contains some harsh language and sexual innuendo, but nothing worse that the original song.
This week’s bonus video selection comes to us from 1953, the age of atomic weapons and energy - people were worried and both government and industry (in this case, General Electric) created videos to dispel myths and quell fears among the public. As usual, this video come to us via the Internet Archive.
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Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
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I had intended to get this up sooner, but I was having some very annoying problems with various video sites. Without further adieu, the State of the Union Address 2007, as aired on C-SPAN.
This week’s weekly video is one of my absolute favorite that I have downloaded from the Internet Archive. I’m talking about the classic Civil Defense and preparedness film, Duck and Cover.
Be it the catchy tune, the look into the culture of the early 1950s, or the advice it gives so sincerely that we now think to be almost pointless. Regardless of whether you saw this as a child or have never seen is, I highly recommend this film to everyone - for the entertainment vales alone.
From the description:
Selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of “culturally, historically and aesthetically significant” motion pictures.
Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.
You may well have seen ‘The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World‘, the controversial YouTube video which spread around the internet and caused calls of everything from child abuse to people that loved it. Regardless of your take in that video, someone on the right has finally taken their own shot.
The new video, which appeared on the website VidShadow.com on January 3rd, is entitled ‘The Smartest 8 Year Old Boy in the World‘, provides a surprisingly intelligent and refreshingly conservative retort to the leftist nonsense of the previous video.
Regardless of your political views, I urge you to check out both videos (if you have not yet done so) and perhaps take action of your own. Take the kids with a grain of salt, as we all know they had help in this, but do listen to what they have to say.
Most of you have likely already seen the video (especially considering that it has flooded the YouTube.com most popular videos list) but for those of you who have yet to see it (or wish to watch it again) the video follows. Read the rest of this entry »
