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Jon Stewart on CNBC Coverage of Economic Collapse

Carol — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:59:53 +0000

This video is absolutely “priceless”. No one does it better than Jon.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c

CNBC Gives Financial Advice

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Coen Brothers Direct New Clean Coal Ad

Carol — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:50:31 +0000

Today Reality started airing their latest ad. It’s called “Air Freshener” and it’s directed by Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen.

The ad directly calls out the coal industry on their ridiculous claims that coal is clean, as only the Coen brothers can.

Very humourous.

Will.i.am is Turning Green

Carol — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:16:08 +0000

Will.i.am has released a set of videos focused on environmental activism, and has put up a post on HuffPo discussing his thoughts about the priority of taking action to heal and preserve our planet.

What could be more important at this critical time? A recent National Intelligence report stated that the effects of global warming are now our #1 security threat. Fear tactic? I think not. The threat is real, and we must take swift and bold action to address it. Each of us can, and must participate in this effort.

Obama Family Volunteering at Local Food Pantry

Carol — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:28:53 +0000

I am continuously inspired by the way the Obamas walk the walk and don’t just talk the talk. They obviously understand what “service” is all about. I love these people. I also love the fact that the school children assembled in the church auditorium to see Barack, and that he took the time to meet with them. To read more about this and to see a couple of pictures, click here.

Barack and Michelle will be on a one hour Barbara Walters special tonight on ABC. Rumor has it they will be discussing the puppy.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Netroots Nation Returns to Second Life

Carol — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:14:20 +0000

The Netroots Nation progressive bloggers convention, formerly Yearly KOS, has returned to Second Life again this year. Even though I live just forty miles away from Austin, Texas, where the convention is being held this year, I was not able to attend in person. However, once again this year, Netroots has provided some great options for participating via the internet. The more interactive and entertaining option is the Second Life venue which has been expanded and improved since last years SL conference. The other option is to watch the keynotes and sessions either live or taped on ustream.tv.

All the important information about the Netroots event in Second Life can be access at their web site, Netroots Nation in Second Life. For a complete schedule of the convention events in real life visit the Netroots Nation web site.

The conference lasts through Sunday, July 20, so there is still a chance to join in the fun, and I highly recommend listening to some of the sessions that have been taped on ustream.tv. Every session that I have either attended live, or viewed on tape has been excellent. The panels are chocked full of excellent presenters, and the topics are completely relevant to the issues and challenges that we are facing on a daily basis. More importantly, the sessions are not focused on merely defining the issues, they provide practical suggestions for positive action that everyday people can engage in to start working toward long term solutions to the issues.

Attendance is totally free and open to the public. They ask that you remove your extra prims before attending the big events like the keynote speeches to cut down on lag. There were over 50 avatars at the opening keynote speech on Thursday in the Netroots Arena, and the lag was not a significant problem. The audio and video feed from the Austin venue was not very good quality unfortunately, but the workaround to that was to use the ustream feed and to turn off the SL audio and video. That way I was able to enjoy the interactivity of attending the event with fifty other people while still getting a decent feed.

I took some picture of the fantastic venue that the Netroots folks built in SL for the convention to give you an idea of how fun it is to visit, even if there isn’t an event in progress. Stop by anytime (slurl is on the NNinSL site). There are always quite a few friendly and helpful folks there to answer your questions or to show you around. However, they have provided site maps and event schedule info boards everywhere so you can find your way around by yourself quite easily.

Netroots Nation Headquarters

Netroots Nation Ballroom

Netroots Nation Central Patio Area

Keynote Speech in Netroots Arena

See you in Second Life.