Who says Democrats don’t have an agenda? Elissa Slotkin on the “pre-existing conditions” issue makes it real and personal. (h/t to AGD) [Read more…]
‘Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)’ – Marc Ribot, and featuring Tom Waits | Video Worth Watching
After two years without Tom Waits on the music scene, he’s back! He joins Marc Ribot in a version of Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) with video by Jem Cohen. (h/t to AGD) [Read more…]
Paul Taylor Dance Company – Promethean Fire | Video Worth Watching
A little over a week ago the Washington Post reported the death of dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor on August 29th at the age of eighty-eight. He was considered the last of the 20th-century cohort of American Dance titans. Here is a work from 2002—Promethean Fire—where he used Bach’s Toccata & Fugue as the musical framework for his dance. I’ve always been smitten by the Toccata & Fugue, and watching Taylor’s expression of this work is double happiness. [Read more…]
Storm Surge Meets Virtual Reality Technology – The Weather Channel Animation | Video Worth Watching
The Weather Channel shared on its Twitter feed this impressive animation designed to illustrate the impact of various levels of storm surge. For the curious, Wired has the backstory on How The Weather Channel Made That Insane Storm Surge Animation, describing the technology that made the production of the video possible. [Read more…]
From Classroom to Campaign – Taking the Next Step in Service to Community | Video Worth Watching
This campaign season has seen a number of teachers with their pedagogical training and experience take the next step in service to community by accepting the challenge of running for positions of public service. The Run for Something group released this video to encourage others to follow in their footsteps. [Read more…]
President Trump Admin Took Millions From FEMA For ICE Detentions | Video Worth Watching
From the MSNBC YouTube website:
Senator Jeff Merkley talks with Rachel Maddow about a document showing that the Trump administration took ten million dollars from FEMA’s budget ahead of the 2018 hurricane season and gave it to ICE to pay for detentions.
Here’s Another Impeachment I Can Get Behind: Kavanaugh for Lying to Congress | Video Worth Watching
From the MSNBC YouTube website:
Lisa Graves, former Senate Judiciary Committee chief counsel for nominations, argues that Brett Kavanaugh has lied in past testimony under oath about stolen Democratic documents and should not only not be confirmed to the Supreme Court, but should be impeached from the bench.
They Finally Made a Handmaid’s Tale for Men | Video Worth Watching
The Funny or Die crew strikes again with a pitch perfect send up of the fevered fears of a certain aggrieved segment of the male population. [Read more…]
Superpod Of Common Dolphins In Monterey Bay | Video Worth Watching
From the Monterey Bay Aquarium YouTube page:
There are few things more magical in this world than hundreds of dolphins racing through the wild Monterey Bay on a foggy fall morning.
For the last week, a superpod of common dolphins hundreds strong has been racing the Monterey Bay, hot on the tails of billions of baitfish. This video was filmed on Labor Day just off of Point Pinos in Pacific Grove, and is being played back at half speed.
Also a bit more info on HuffPost (h/t to AGD) [Read more…]
Skin Deep – featuring Buddy Guy | Video Worth Watching
From the Playing for Change YouTube website:
Playing For Change and Buddy Guy united to record and film his anthem, “Skin Deep” across America. The song includes over 50 musicians from coast to coast featuring Buddy Guy, Tom Morello, Billy Branch, Chicago Children’s Choir, and Roots Gospel Voices of Mississippi. Originally, this was going to be a song across Chicago to bring light to all the violent shootings across the city but as time marched on, along with various shootings across our country, we realized we needed to expand our vision and use this song as a tool to unite our divided nation.
We Know He Wants to Overturn Roe – Rebecca Traister on Kavanaugh Hearings | Video Worth Watching
This excerpt from Thursday’s All In features great lively discussion among Chris Hayes, Rebecca Traister and Vanita Gupta on the Kavanaugh hearings. Rebecca notes that his testimony included language designating contraceptives as “abortion inducing drugs” and reminds us that birth control was only legalized by the Supreme Court for married couples in 1965 and for single women in 1972! Also some reflections on the committee’s response to the continuing protests and disruptions. [Read more…]
Corporate Landlords: The Fight for Affordable Housing in California | Video Worth Watching
From the Brave New Films YouTube website:
Brave New Films, and the Proposition 10 campaign, have released a new short film – Corporate Landlords: The Fight for Affordable Housing in California (Paid for by BRAVE NEW FILMS 501(C)(4))– exposing the greed and abuses of corporate landlord, Blackstone. The film shows how Prop. 10, if passed, could be a lifeline for countless tenants across California struggling to get by.
Moldy walls, leaky roofs, rising rents. That’s what tenants of Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone CEO, are living with. It’s time to repeal Costa-Hawkins. It’s time to rise up for rent control. Vote YES on Prop 10!
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