[Video] Obama Kids: Sing for Change (Pyongyang Remix)

Apparently, some Obamatons don't realize how creepy they can appear.

The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama

That is the title of a new book coming out in January 2009 by Gwen Ifill (the moderator of Thursday's Vice Presidential debate).

Here's a brief description:

In THE BREAKTHROUGH, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power.

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780385525015.html

[Video] Welcome to Saudi Britain

[Update] YouTube banned the video for being politically incorrect. So, I had to provide a new link.

[Video] More Regulators?

Why? So we can scold them when they try to enforce regulations?

Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants

From the page Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants | Reuters.com:

Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience to stop the construction of coal plants without the ability to store carbon.

The former U.S. vice president, whose climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" won an Academy Award, told a philanthropic meeting in New York City that "the world has lost ground to the climate crisis."

"If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration," Gore told the Clinton Global Initiative gathering to loud applause.

UC hits tree-sitters with expensive surprise

Full story (here).

Berkeley's infamous tree-sitters have been hit with a rude surprise since they came down to earth: Judges are socking them with thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees.

Ironically, much of the money - which could total more than $10,000 per sitter - is going straight to the University of California, the very institution the tree-sitters were protesting as they tried to save a grove of trees outside Memorial Stadium.

"It's really vindictive," said an attorney for some the sitters, Dennis Cunningham. "They don't have this kind of money."

Maybe, but university lawyer Michael Goldstein isn't making any apologies.

"We've asked the judge to throw the book at them," Goldstein said flatly.

UC Berkeley estimates it spent more than $800,000 on police and other security measures during the 22 months sitters were up in the trees. The university spent $40,000 alone on the scaffolding that went up around the final tree during the last day of the protest this month.

Now, the school wants its pound of flesh.

[Video] Obama Vows To Stop America's Shitty Jobs From Going Overseas