December 31, 2007
Pakistan’s Zapruder Film

Britain’s Channel 4 News' new video of the attack on Benazir Bhutto, described as “apparently contradicting the official version of events — which insists that Benazir Bhutto was not shot.” The Channel 4 report, by correspondent Jonathan Rugman, argues forcefully that Ms. Bhutto was shot by an assassin, who is clearly visible in the new video, moments before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device beside the vehicle she was standing in.

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December 27, 2007
Bhutto from the Grave: Blame Musharraf

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December 27, 2007
Top Science Clips of 2007

New Scientist's Sandrine Ceurstemont brings you the five most-watched science videos of the year.

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December 26, 2007
The End of the World

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December 24, 2007
Ron Paul: Evolution Not Appropriate

"Well, first I thought it was a very inappropriate question for the presidency to be decided upon a scientific matter. And uh, I uh, I think it’s a theory. The theory of evolution. And I don’t accept it as a theory. [snip] The creator that I know created us, each and every one of us and created the universe, and the precise time and manner and uh, you know, I just don’t think we’re at the point where anybody has absolute proof on either side."

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December 21, 2007
Children in Jail

The United States government holds some 500 immigrant children and their families in a converted prison in central Texas. These children are from all over the world, are not accused of any crime, and in many cases came to our country fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries and seeking asylum in the United States. “Children in Jail”, a documentary short film, tells the stories of some of these children and explores how the United States government came to imprison children as a strategy for discouraging undocumented immigration.

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December 20, 2007
Ground Hounds: From Evacuation to Eviction

Teresa Marshall shows us the devastation created by the neo-liberal agenda, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Featuring analysis by author Naomi Klein "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" and returning New Orleans residents.

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December 19, 2007
Millions Descend On Mecca For The Start Of Haj

Up to two million Muslims are descending on Mecca for the start of the annual Haj pilgrimage. The five day event, which gets underway today, is always a security headache for hosts Saudi Arabia, especially, in the light of current world events, as both Shia and Sunni Muslims attend. But that doesn't deter pilgrims from all over the world from making the trip. "Islam is a religion of peace," said one pilgrim. "Even if we go to war we respect old people, and trees, and women and children. This is one of the most important Muslim rites. Those arriving early will get a mat in the mosque by the Kabaa stone. Others will have to pray on the street or in shopping malls. The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is attending this year.

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December 18, 2007
Silent Debate: Clinton vs. Romney

Everybody thinks they’ve heard the Presidential candidates say nothing in the debates. But now, for the first time ever, a debate in which the point is to present them saying nothing. Literally.

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December 17, 2007
Gus Visser and His Singing Duck
Gus Visser, vaudevillian extraordinaire, performs “Ma, He’s Making Eyes At Me” while gently squeezing the scrotum of a mallard to provide the plaintive, squawking “Ma!” This clip was made by Theodore Case in 1925 as a proof-of-concept for the sound-on-film process he was shopping around an all silent Hollywood — a process that would eventually lead to the birth of the talkie in 1929’s The Jazz Singer. Gus Visser And His Singing Duck was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2002 by the Library of Congress as a film of note deserving of cultural preservation.

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December 14, 2007
Is Junk Media Making You Sick?

Big isn't always bad – unless you're talking about the companies that dominate our country's media. A handful of companies control most of what we see, hear and read every day. They own our TV stations, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, cable channels, movie studios, music labels – even our favorite Internet sites. Unchecked consolidation means that Big Media are getting even bigger, giving these firms more control over our news and information. Bottom line? Big Media are bad news – for all of us. Take a stand for better media at Stop Big Media.

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December 13, 2007
Our Troops Send Holiday Wishes For Peace, Goodwill, And Body Armor

In this Onion News Network special feature, troops overseas talk about things that make the season special, like modular tactical vests and M40 field...

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December 12, 2007
The Man Who Should be President

Al Gore's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, December 10, 2007 in Oslo, Norway.

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December 11, 2007
Self Preservation in an Atomic Attack
Scott Bateman

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December 10, 2007
WITNESS Introduces The Hub for Human Rights Media

WITNESS is pleased to announce: The Hub, a participatory media website for anyone, anywhere in the world to upload, view, share discuss and take action on human-rights related media. Part curated, part grassroots-driven the Hub will bring under-reported and urgent human rights issues to a broad audience to inspire and catalyze action.

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December 7, 2007
Kucinich on Kucinich Health Plan
Mitigating an exposure problem at the December 1st Brown & Black Forum, Kucinich directs a question to himself. How can you not like this guy and his honest,straightforward, clever thinking.

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December 6, 2006
Chimps Beat Humans in Memory Test

Primate researchers in Japan have answered one of biology's most burning questions - are chimps cleverer than students.

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December 5, 2007
Line Up
by Ligorano/Reese

For optimal playback, turn up the volume. This is the video from the postcard series Line Up. It was projected at the Kitchen in New York as part of the Imagine Festival in September 2004 coinciding with the Republican Convention at Madison Square Garden. Since the U.S. has the largest prison population in the world, then the mug shot is the major form of portraiture in our country today. The artists decided to portray the President and his cabinet as mug shots. They hold slates with the date and location when they betrayed the public's trust.

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December 4, 2007
Medical Marijuana Patients Demand Cops Give Back Their Pot

In Fort Collins, Colorado, Jim and Lisa Masters whose medical-marijuana plants were seized in August 2006 are threatening to sue authorities because the plants were returned dead.

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December 3, 2007
An Important Message from George W. Bush

The War in Iraq, the War in Afghanistan, an unstable Pakistan, a plummeting dollar, global warming, domestic surveillance, and…

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