links for 2008-05-09

• Flickr: I created a group: Can’t Stop Laughing videos!
  The video I had of Carolyn unable to stop laughing brought me joy, so I decided a collection of similar videos would be a positive thing. So I created a VIDEO-ONLY Flickr Pool called “Can’t Stop Laughing”. And Angel got to be the icon.
  (tags: flickr media videos laughing Can’tStopLaughing Clint Carolyn Angel)
• ABUSE OF AUTHORITY: 13 officers have been taken off the streets after news crew catches them all beating a bunch of people (of course black)
  Of course the department defends its actions as not racist, because there 1 of the estimated 15 people was black.
  (tags: politics AbuseOfAuthority beatings police brutality policeBrutality racism Philadelphia Pennsylvanie news articles CharlesRamsey AlSharpton DwayneDyches BrianHall PeteHopkins shootings StephenLiczbinsk)
• ELECTION 2008: While everyone is up in arms about Obama’s preacher friend, what about McCain’s pastor buddy? (Video included.)
  I’d say this is pretty typical of most religious Republicans to be like this. & with the dems providing 2 candidates that people wont vote for for 2 reasons (black/muslim, female), this nutbag will probably be our next president. Esp w/electronic voting.
  (tags: politics election Election2008 politicians religion preachers pastors Christians Christianity Muslims Islam JohnMcCain RodParsley WorldHarvestChurch Pentacostal Columbis Ohio Muhammad demons JohnHagee Texas Katrina media video reality)
• WAR ON DRUGS: Global Marijuana Day Demonstrations Meet Repression in Handful of Cities - governments terrified to let people express their own opinions
  …because then it might become legal somewhere. Best to allow people to not even discuss it. At least in America there is a semblance of freedom of political discussion.
  (tags: politics drugs WarOnDrugs marijuana MillionMarijuanaMarch marches protests repression AbuseOfAuthority censorship Brazil Belgium Russia arrests bullshit charges RioDeJaneiro SaoPaulo)