It’s quite wonderful what an artistic kind of mind can come up with.  Even wearing a seat belt can be such an interesting demonstration in film.

Tip o’ the hat.

I’m absolutely not a fan of Alex Jones but every so often, he manages to strike up something legitimate.  The following video I think is an example of where he’s been wronged and how abusive Google has been with their censorship policies.

Basically, Google wasn’t happy with video material that was critical of U.S. President Obama.  As hyperbolic as I think it is, I’ve watched The Obama Deception and I can’t for the life of me think of it as hate speech.  It’s exceptionally critical of government and is very hyperbolic as it draws amazing conclusions from evidence that is incidental in most cases but attacking a protected group?  Not unless government is a protected group I don’t think.

Google has really disappointed here and the attitude they have taken toward the free flow of information on the web is frightening.  Google started out as an academic tool and the founders of Google even presented a paper in which they objected to advertising dollars monetizing Google saying that it would rob it of it’s credit as an academic tool.  I think perhaps the power and domination of Google has indeed robbed it of impartiality and credibility as it seems to take this odd attitude that Google can build the web according to its own vision.

Like I said, I’m not a fan of Alex Jones but I can’t imagine feeling justified in calling for his material on the Internet being banned, blocked or otherwise censored.  Google understands its influence on the web and to abuse that influence in silencing dissenting viewpoints that the corporation finds objectionable is just simply wrong.

I’ve been trying to figure out how to start a libertarian leaning political movement in Saskatoon for a while now and I could never quite figure it out. Minimal interest has been expressed despite my knowing of people who do share the same ideas. I think where I’ve been stumbling however is that while there may be a pro-liberty political base in Saskatoon, I haven’t seen a social element which would allow that base to gather together informally.

Political organizations are great and important but I think social homes for like minded people are much more so. So in that spirit, I decided to leave the libertarian political side alone for a while and offer a social circle instead. Heck, I know for me myself, I do miss the opportunity to socialize with libertarians myself anyway.

So check out http://www.meetup.com/saskatoon-libertarians/ and see what you think if you’re the type that happens to like the idea of personal liberty and freedom.

I just saw the following video at Tyler’s blog and had to look into it.  I thought it was incredible but some others seem to think the video is negative.  watch for yourself and see what you think.

The video authors are right; we do live in exponential times.  It’s extraordinarily wonderful to think that perhaps in just a few short decades, we could have the computational power to figure out how to de-construct the solar system.

I view this video with wide eyes hope and appreciation for the progress that is coming as well as that which has already passed us by.  It is, without a doubt, absolutely beautiful.

UPDATE:

The following is an update to the video above.  Watch them both as they’re different in the statistics they give.  This one is just as beautiful as the last.

In New Brunswick, Liberal MLA Abel LeBlanc was suspended today from the legislature after…well, ok.  Here’s the picture featured on CBC’s online article.  You know decorum in a parliamentary assembly of some sort is getting bad when you see this.

Now, I know this is really bad but if you’ve ever gone to sit in the public galleries at the provincial parliament in Ontario, the National Assembly in Quebec or any of the other provincial legislative bodies in Canada or in the House of Commons in Ottawa, you would understand that this kind of attitude is common place.

The fact that the CBC article details a conservative politician’s exclamation of some kind of horrified realization that LeBlanc just gave the finger is flatly hilarious because the finger is just a gesture.  heckling is so common place that I doubt any semblance of intellectually honest debate in these assemblies is something that ever even existed.

Read more about clowns dressing in suits and ties here.