I don't completely agree with the Ron Paul on certain issues but he makes a lot more sense than any other Republican or Democrat. I thought this music video was a particularly interesting way to endorse a candidate, with a real musician coming up with an original song that's actually pretty good:
Here's a nice short about the news and why TV news channels aren't reporting the real news.
From a French band called Justice, the album is called † (Cross) and is set to be released June 11th Worldwide, and July 10th in the US.
The Scientific America blog had a post a couple of days ago asking if women had a sexual orientation. The post was in response to the results of recent research on sexual desire which were published in The New York Times.
Another response to the article, from a women's point of view, sums up the research and talks about out how there is a lot of cultural misperception about sex.
A while ago, I came across a blog post on a "World Wide Mind", referring to 22nd Century, a program which aired on PBS in January. It's a pilot episode for one of 3 potential upcoming series. I got a chance to watch the episode a few weeks ago and have been talking about it and sharing it with people ever since. It's available for viewing in its entirety from its website here.
The aspect of the show I found most interesting was how people feel about the affect of technology on our bodies. Being able to communicate telepathically through a computer, restoring someone's sense of hearing, changing our sense of sight, and eventually simulating all of our senses with a direct connection to the brain are things we are able to do. It's not about the technological capabilities, but how much we are willing to accept these technologies in our society.
The Simpsons have explained evolution in their own unique way before. The new episode which aired last night had a great intro that shows the complete process in about a minute. It's probably something they should start showing in schools.
Most music videos we see on TV are getting pretty boring. There are some interesting ones though, but they're usually for unique music that will rarely make it on MTV (especially in the US). So most of the music videos I see these days are on the web, many through YouTube. I'm going to start posting some of the more creative videos here in hopes that more people get the opportunity to see them.
Here's one from Royksopp who are a recent favorite group of mine.
The song is from Royksopp's album Melody AM.
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