This is from the Economist -- a really outstanding infographic that shows the extent to which the two governing parties in the US have pulled apart (approx. 1 minute long).
No idea how I missed this, but h/t to a Facebook friend for putting this bit of hilarity up today -- this is a campaign video from one Lacey Lafferty, who claims to be a candidate for Delaware Governor in 2016 (approx. 1 min, 20 secs and put down all liquids):
Lots of Lou Reed and Velvet Underground memories being written today as Mr. Reed died today of currently unknown causes. I got to hear him once live at Constitution Hall in DC and hoped that the Daughters of the American Revolution were rolling in their graves. This video of Street Hassle is about the era of that concert (but this one performed in Spain):
Former NJ reporter Ginger Gibson was on Reliable Sources on Sunday speaking to their stand in media critic (Frank Senso), who asked her what she did with the factchecking that gets produced by the various organizations doing this. She told him she ignored it, and we're off to the races:
This is pretty awesome -- organizers try to deliver a petition to reinstate Walmart workers who were fired for trying to unionize. It turns into a step team Flash Mob. This is about 6 minutes long:
UFCW Local 1208 is on Facebook, so you can follow their efforts to get justice.
The Poor People's Campaign was the effort that Dr. King was involved with organizing when he was assassinated. This campaign was designed to focus on the needs of the nation's poor people -- of all races and nationalities. In 1968, King was traveling the country raising awareness of this campaign for economic justice, which was supposed to occur in the spring. Dr. King was assassinated in April, and even though the People's Campaign seemed to be derailed, it started on Mother's Day -- with thousands of people converging on Washington, DC. Resurrection City -- the tent city -- was created on the mall and the protest continued for almost six weeks. The occupation ended in violence and the campaign for economic justice failed. Today's question is what might have been different if Dr. King lived to see this through?
I'm still watching this on Netflix, so people are sending me Breaking Bad material (spoilers or no) -- this one is especially hilarious when Pollos Hermanos shows up. About 4:30 long:
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