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Just when you think this story is over … there’s now video of President Obama calling Kanye West a “jackass.” The clip first appeared earlier today on Politico, who then pulled it, writing that they “felt upon reflection that it was more respectful to a fellow news-gathering operation to take it down.”
CNN, however, [...]

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Last night something with the potential to go insanely viral happened at a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game. Big time Phillies fan, Steve Monforto, caught his first foul ball, promptly handed it over to his 3-year-old daughter, Emily, who then immediately threw it back onto the field. After initial shock, the dad embraced his daughter [...]

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This news should come as no surprise: Kanye West’s outburst at the VMAs resulted in all sorts of digital records over at MTV.com. The company shared some stats with us this afternoon:
2.7 million unique visitors hit MTV.com on Sunday – it’s highest VMA performance ever
5.5 million unique visitors hit MTV.com on Monday – [...]

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Fresh off the news that Google is buying reCAPTCHA, another major acquisition rumor has emerged. According to a tweet from Mark Glaser, Executive Editor of PBS MediaShift, “Brightcove in talks with Google about buyout in $500m to $700m range.”
Brightcove, for those unfamiliar, is essentially the YouTube of b2b video, powering video streaming on [...]

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There is nothing like The Onion in print, on the web, or anywhere else. “America’s Finest News Source” has provided us with constant laughs from its satirical writing, witty headlines, and of course, hilarious video shorts.
Until now, The Onion was limited to print and that square rectangle you call a computer screen. [...]

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock that doesn’t have Wi-Fi or a 3G signal, you’ve probably heard about Kanye West’s outburst at the Video Music Awards.
Being the bizarre and wonderfully creative place that it is, The Internets quickly came to the rescue with a slew of parodies, mashups and Photochops of even [...]

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Need to convert your videos between major video file formats, create web-based charts, as well as editing or adding effects to your existing pictures?

Photo credit: Antonis Papantoniou
All this and more in this roundup of new cool visual communication and video publishing tools I have personally selected for you. This week:

ActivePixels: Edit your images [...]

Watch Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live’s take on the Vice Presidential debates. I laughed so hard my ribs still hurt!
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL\'s Vice Presidential Debate

THAT OBAMA STICKER MIGHT AS WELL SAY Bumper Stickers
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$427 million. That’s what the oil and coal industries spent during the first half of 2008 on lobbying and advertising. They’re protecting their interests – and hurting ours.
This ad is running on TV right now, but we need millions more to see it. The special interests will outspend us, but we can compete head-to-head with [...]

So you want to be an IT billionaire?  Well, here’s how…
Winner of the Webby Award for Viral Video!

MICHAEL JACKSON STORE WEBSITE – ONLINE TURNKEY BUSINESS

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Standing before a room of oil company executives in June, John McCain flip-flopped and declared support for coastal oil drilling. Now the Washington Post is reporting that, within days, oil and gas execs ponied up nearly $1 million to elect McCain.1 It’s another piece of evidence that in a McCain White House, oil [...]

Barack Obama Music Video – Hope changes everything.
Get the Barack Obama Music Video at www.obamavideo08.com and upload it to your own YouTube account to show support for America’s rock star candidate.
Created by two dedicated Obama supporters in Los Angeles, CA.
Writer/Director: Eric Hirshberg
Producer: Tom Dunlap

Thanks to BarryBlog for finding this!
Acuity has raised the standards of aesthetics and comfort in the task seating category. To develop Acuity, Allsteel went overseas and called the Continuum Milan team.
Through in-depth research, strategy and design, the design team underwent an intense process that started with the unmet needs of everyday office workers. [...]

A campaign for anti-graffiti!
8 hours of writing
5 permanent markers
3 baths and 2 showers to clean off
Part of a campaign to promote writing on your face rather than someone elses property.
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Graffiti by Bill Leary (1969)

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The Daily McBush:  If you know any pro-choice voters thinking about supporting John McCain, please get this video in front of them.
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7-11 Original Election 08 Cups McCain & Obama Vote Set

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Everyone knows I’m a skateboarding fanatic… here’s Tony Hawk’s new pro skater commercial video… it’s really cool, interweaving between the game and the real Tony. Check it out!

Wii Tony Hawk Ride game with board in box played twice!

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Saturday night live is funny again… it’s been a long time in coming, and one seemingly longer campaign to the Democratic Convention. But this video is so funny – especially since I’m a die-hard Obama supporter – that I had to share it with you. I’m still cracking up.

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