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I.O.U.S.A. 30-minute clip

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_TjBNjc9Bo&hl=en&fs=1] I.O.U.S.A. was one of 15 films selected last month for the Oscar documentary short list.

George W. Bush’s dodgeball skills

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7GaazqdvRI&hl=en&fs=1] This is a disgusting and unprofessional act of defiance, but Bush does get mad props for dodging not one, but two shoes thrown by a TV reporter in Iraq.

Wendy and Lucy trailer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zil4SBGpiUI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] (Hat Tip: The Poverty Jetset)

Video: The card McCain didn’t play

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK5ueV-dqsc&hl=en&fs=1]

Video: Sixpence None the Richer – “Angels We Have Heard On High”

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-b5IC_Jsfc&hl=en&fs=1]

Scranton’s amusing gadfly

Anyone who has ever sat through the public comment portion of a city or town council meeting will surely appreciate the antics of Raymond Lyman, Scranton’s notorious couple-fries-short-of-a-Happy-Meal gadfly. Below are three of many clips of Ray in action on YouTube. (Hat Tip: WFMU’s Beware of the Blog) How long can YOU go without laughing? […]

Video: Did you know?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8&hl=en&fs=1] (Hat Tip: Caffeinated Thoughts)

Video: Brick-stacking man

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-iP1jSMlI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] (Hat Tip: The Daily Dish)