Greetings, 99%!
So many of us know Shaun King from That Other Place. And know that he moved on, to write for the New York Daily News. And that he is still writing about racial justice issues. So I thought you'd find it interesting that he has been interviewed on the TYT Network.
Welcome to Video News! My apologies for no official DNC video news open thread yesterday. But Oreo the Diabetic Pootie had a crisis at 3 AM yesterday, so Ginger and I were up half the night. Oreo and Ginger seem to have recovered in full, so we have resumed normal function.
Gratuitous Oreo and Ginger photo:
Welcome back to Video News! It was an odd weekend. As many of you know, the convention has been almost overshadowed by the scandal of the DNC emails that were leaked proving that the primaries were rigged by the "neutral" DNC. But Bernie did speak at the convention last evening. If you missed it, I'll let Stephen Colbert fill you in:
Welcome to Video News. Last night was the last of the Repugnant National Convention, Hallelujah! Stephen Colbert is still the best - except, of course, when he is replaced by Jon Stewart! Whoo hoo!! Welcome to network TV, Jon:
Welcome back to Video News! I still think Stephen Colbert has one of the funniest perspectives on the conventions. Of the clips I found at YouTube today - from the Late Show last night - I think this is the funniest. It also gives the most information about yesterday at the convention:
Since we have been discussing a more video-oriented open news thread and since this week and next week, during the conventions, Stephen Colbert is going to provide coverage, I thought I'd post as I have time for these two weeks. Consider this an experiment as we mull over the best way to present video news.
At some point during the Republican National Convention, the following advertisement is scheduled to appear (actually it will appear the night of the acceptance speech, I hear).
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A couple of days ago, I came across Catherine Austin Fitts for the first time. Fitts, a Wall Street investor and former Assistant Secretary of Housing, uncovered the methods for sucking trillions of dollars out of the US. She explains that it is a coordinated effort between the government and the big banks -- organized crime, she calls it.
She's an excellent speaker and explains it all really well so I recommend that you listen to her rather than have me write out the juicy bits.
