Notice the finger. A loving gesture for Hillary Clinton in Campaign 2008.
- Sixteen clips.
- No particular order.
The newest attempt at a citizen's arrest of Karl Rove is classic.
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VIDEO: Karl Rove Mocks as CODEPINK Attempts to Arrest Him AGAIN -- May 24
This time it's a Wisconsin family. Watching Rove get harassed never gets old.
- "You know those are plastic?"
Related Link: Hot Air Pundit
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Animated Video: Credit Card Reform In Action
Outstanding work.
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VIDEO: Shiller Sees `Extraordinary Uncertainty' in Home Prices
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Shiller, an economics professor at Yale University and chief economist at MacroMarkets LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about the outlook for the U.S. housing market. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities rose 2.3 percent in March from a year earlier. Shiller also discusses the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the stock market.
Source: Greg White
Robert Shiller: BP Oil Spill Could Hammer Consumer Confidence
* 0:33 -- This is a time of extraordinary uncertainty about home prices, particularly because stimulus measures are being withdrawn
* 1:25 -- The government's measures brought sales forward, and its going to have an impact on the summer buying season
* 2:10 -- The double dip worry is on people's minds and it could happen, with worries over Greece and the BP oil spill
* 2:55 -- BP oil spill damages our sense of confidence in our government and corporations; unpredictable how that will impact the market
* 3:50 -- The stock market rally has been amazing, volatility suggests higher risk going forward
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VIDEO: Sen. Ted Kaufman -- Financial Regulation Bill Not Tough Enough -- May 21
Excellent interview.
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VIDEO: Sen. Judd 'Bailout' Gregg -- Financial Reform Bill Is A ‘Disaster’ -- May 24
DB Here. Judd Gregg is an undeniably captured Wall Street apologist who never met a bank bailout that he didn't immediately grope lovingly.
Related CNBC Link:
Financial Reform Bill Is A ‘Disaster’: Sen. Gregg
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VIDEO: Oily CODEPINK Protesters Go Nearly Naked at BP Headquarters
- “BP, what do you say? How many fish did you kill today? BP, what do you say? How many millions did you make today?”
Related Link: Houston Chronicle
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VIDEO: BP Oil Spill: Jindal Asks for Permission to Build New Barrier Islands
- "We've been frustrated with the disjointed effort to date that has too often meant too little, too late for the oil hitting our coast."
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CNBC VIDEO: Spanish Banking Crisis Explained -- May 25, 2010
Source: Greg White
# 0:10 -- Spanish problem is serious and it will need to be fixed, but the big banks are solid
# 0:44 -- Needed reforms will lead to even lower growth for a few years, but they have to be taken
# 1:15 -- Diversification and lending policy protect BBVA and Santander, not as exposed to Spain's real estate problem
# 2:50 -- Cajas, or regional banks, are the financial arms of the country's political parties; not 100% professional risk decisions being made by them
# 4:00 -- €320 billion lent to Spain's developers, €90 billion enough to back them up
# 5:15 -- Private sector debt problem in Spain is largely due to the developers
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VIDEO: Journalists Under Attack in Russia
- "His fingers were bashed, and three later had to be amputated, as if his assailants had sought to make sure that he would never write another word."
New York Times -- May 18, 2010 -- A wave of unsolved attacks and official harassment against independent journalists in the Moscow suburbs, is a stark symbol of the culture of impunity that pervades Russian society.
Related Article: NYT
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VIDEO: Rand Paul -- This Is What Happens When You Cancel on Meet the Press
Everyone takes a cheap shot.
- TV Newser: The headline is from a tweet by New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter. He is referring to Kentucky Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul's decision to cancel his scheduled appearance on NBC's long-running Sunday morning public affairs show. What happened? Host David Gregory looked at the week that was for Paul, and it was not pretty.
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VIDEO: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Tells Michael Arrington to ‘F*ck Off’ -- May 25
Short clip. Very funny.
- "You are involved in a very tiny company."
Related Link: Tech Crunch
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VIDEO: Joe Biden -- Brussels Has Legitimate Claim to Title ‘Capital of the Free World’
- “As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the 'capital of the free world...'"
Related Link: The Blast
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VIDEO: Future Gay Terrorist -- Soldier Taunts Iraqi Children, Puts Video on Facebook
Abhorrent.
- WRAL: An Alaska-based soldier is under investigation for a video on his Facebook page that taunts smiling Iraqi children by asking if they're gay, if they engage in certain sex acts and if they would grow up to be terrorists. The two young boys did not appear to understand the questions, which were in English, but smiled at the camera and at times flashed the "thumbs up" gestures during the 30-second clip.
Related Link: WRAL Baltimore
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VIDEO: Drag Racer Survives When Car Blows Up
Related Link: Daily Mail
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VIDEO: A Touchdown for Sanctioned High School Girls' Flag Football
It's apparently huge in Florida. This is awesome. The more sports for girls and guys in high school, the better. I would go watch. Just leave out the hazing, like we've seen recently in Carmel, Indiana.
- "We do take it very seriously."
Related Story: New York Times
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VIDEO: Bonus Clip -- Obama gestures with his middle finger as he discusses Hillary Clinton -- Campaign 2008
The fun starts the 6-second mark.
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