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Cats Humor Random Videos

Ninja Cat!

Okay, I’ll take a break from politics today.  Enjoy NINJA CAT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLIPWjks_M

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Music Politics Videos

Imagine

This video has been floating around for a long time, but has far fewer views than I would expect, so here you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT0XxtNPVdQ

If only.  If only he were this inspirational in real life.

 

And finally, a romance that will go down in history.

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News Politics

Focus on the Family Knows No Shame

This video is funded by Focus Action, the political arm of Focus on the Family.  Asking Christians to pray for rain during Barack Obama’s acceptance speech is not only childish, but it’s pretty disturbing. Why shut out free speech and the political process? Seems very unchristian. It has now disappeared from Focus’ site, but Keith Olbermann picked up on it and featured it on his show Countdown:

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News Videos WTF

Severely Injured Youth Tasered Up To 19 Times

From ky3.com:


BRANSON, Mo. — A teenager from Branson who was hit with an electric stun gun 19 times by police has recovered enough to do an interview with a reporter.

Ozark police found Mace Hutchinson on July 19 underneath the Highway F overpass over U.S. 65. Mace’s family says he broke his back in a fall off the bridge. When he wouldn’t move, police repeatedly used an electric stun gun on him.

Mace says he doesn’t remember much about that night and there are still several unanswered questions about how Mace ended up under the bridge. But what he is able to say is he believes there was no good reason why anyone in his situation would be stunned 19 times. He hopes the police officers are held accountable.

“There’s no way that they had to Tase me that many times,” he said.

Mace spent his 17th birthday lying in a hospital bed.

“I had a broken back, broken foot.”

Nearly two weeks later, he’s out of the hospital but still lying in bed, hardly able to move.

“It should be a couple months before I’m able to walk on my own.”

His family says what made his situation worse is that his surgery had to be postponed because he had been stunned by Ozark police 19 times.

“At least I’m alive though.”

Mace says he still can’t remember how he ended up at the bottom of the bridge. He says he knows he didn’t willingly jump.

“I know I’m lucky to survive that far of a fall.”

Police records say Hutchinson was aggressive with them, and tried to get up and get into traffic. Mace points out that he doesn’t weigh much and wonders why an officer didn’t just restrain him.

Police also say he yelled threatening remarks about harming officers. Those things combined were why they used the electric stun gun on him.

“He was saying things like, ‘Kill cops, shoot cops,’” Ozark Police Capt. Thomas Rousset said on July 23.

Mace says he doesn’t remember that and certainly doesn’t know how it would have been possible, with his injuries, for him to move toward the highway.

“There’s no way I could stand up. I had a broken back and a broken foot,” he said.

“I definitely want them to get punished, I don’t want them to get away with it.”

After the incident, the Ozark police chief said he launched an internal investigation. A reporter called the Ozark Police Department multiple times on Thursday but no one returned a call to provide an update on that investigation.


Am I the only one getting increasingly frustrated and concerned over these Tasing stories?  This kid had a BROKEN BACK and his heel was detached from the rest of his foot.  If the facts are as they appear to be, he was not possibly a threat!  He could have been saying, “I’m going to murder every single one of you.” and Tasing him 19 times would still not be appropriate.

Leaving the extremely serious injuries out of the story, he’s a small kid up against multiple police officers.  They keep saying he didn’t comply, what exactly was he not complying with?  To get up?  To stop being incoherent?  If these officers were not completely and totally incompetent they would have at the very least checked for injury.

The Captain angers me most of all.  “Shoot Cops. Kill Cops.”  Sounds fabricated, but even if it’s completely true were they really threatened by the kid sprawled out on the pavement mumbling to shoot cops?

This is simply disgusting.  Am I overreacting?  What do you think?

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Cats Humor Random Videos

Cats On A Treadmill, Need I Say More?

See more funny videos at Funny or Die
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News Politics Videos

Dick Cheney Was Right!

I don’t actually have any words for this other than my title.  The video says it all.

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Entertainment Humor Random Videos

Johnny Carson Memory

Just thought I’d share this with you guys, it’s random and funny.  I remember watching Johnny Carson as a child, wish someone like him was around now.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiaHZW4GAyM[/youtube]

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My News Random Technology Things I Love Videos

Nokia N95-3

So I have a new phone, a Nokia N95-3.  It’s absolutely amazing.

nokia-n95-red

One service I’ve been loving is Qik.com.  Live, interactive streaming video from my phone to the net.  People can write in questions or comments which then immediately show up on my phone.

You can view my random videos at http://www.qik.com/beaupedia.

 
In less happy technological news, my beautiful 22″ LCD monitor burned up last week, hence the lack of blog updates.  I am currently working on a 15″ widescreen Acer I bought tonight at Wal-Mart, it’s so tiny!
 
On a related note, is it terribly unethical to “rent” monitors and then return them once your real monitor is repaired, even if you despise the company?  I’m tempted to do this, especially considering how snotty the Manager was with me when I asked her if I’d have any problems if the monitor was damaged, considering one corner of the box was crushed pretty badly. 
 
They had offered me a 2 year service plan on my monitor which I declined, when did Wal-Mart start offering those anyway?  I haven’t shopped there in a couple years.  When I asked about the crushed corner of the box for some sort of reassurance that they’d take it back if it was damaged, she said “Well, that’s why those service plans are a good idea.” in a very condescending tone.
 
As though I need a service plan to take care of damage that happened before I purchased the product.  Either way it wasn’t damaged and I have 15 days(or 30…or 45…she wasn’t sure, have I mentioned I hate Wal-Mart?) to return it.
 
I think I’ll be alright.  My monitor may still be under warranty, if not, I believe they can have it sent off for repair.  We shall see.
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Civil Rights LGBTQ Issues News Politics Videos

Thank You California; Larry, You’re Missed

While we are celebrating the recent decision of the California Supreme Court I wanted to post this tribute video to Lawrence Fobes “Larry” King.  The voice speaking is Ellen DeGeneres.  She made the comments on her talk show.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNep7NKwel8[/youtube]
I also encourage you to watch the video from Ellen’s show that day.
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Humor Videos

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCzbNkyXO50[/youtube]
Much thanks to Missy for linking me to this video.  It’s great!