Lisa Murkowski BLOCKS Bill To Raise Oil Spill Liability Cap (VIDEO)

You can always count on a Repub to come thru.... for the big oil, big banks, big market traders, for whom the GOP who:re themselves.
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Erick Erickson Equally Hard On Republicans, 'Draws Ire From All Sides': NYT

He is only hard ( a relative term) on Reps who fail to challenge Dems enough, so his whole slant is anti-Democratic party.... wonder why the whizkid at the NYT missed that?



He is a token GOPer put on CNN to try and quiet the right wing noise machine... he was not put there for his intellectual ability, which I think he has demonstrated quite nicely. IMHO.
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Entire 'Star Wars' Trilogy Told In 2 Minutes...With Legos! (VIDEO)

Best Star Wars deconstruction I've ever seen (not that there are all that many nor that I spend that much time looking, uh, oh, back to..) so I'm alerting my fellow SW fans to watch this one.
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MSM Needs Good Journalists More Than Ever!!


If for no other reason than to avoid embarrassing moments like this (from CrooksandLiars.com):

Stories on mainstream sites that begin with "sources tell..." but do not name those sources usually end badly. This one is no exception. Because OMG, can you believe this? Faisal Shahzad has been on a Homeland Security List since 1999!!! CBS News says it, so it must be true, right? As usual, the answer is yes, and no.

The Department of Homeland Security and concept of 'no-fly' lists were not born until 2002 -- November 25, 2002-- to be exact, when President Bush signed the Homeland Security Act. Here's a handy timeline.

CBS News Investigates, in their own words:

Sources tell CBS News that would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad appeared on a Department of Homeland Security travel lookout list - Traveler Enforcement Compliance System (TECS) - between 1999 and 2008 because he brought approximately $80,000 cash or cash instruments into the United States.

Well, that doesn't really square with the large headline saying he was "ON A LIST", does it? Sometime between 1999 and 2008 is not "since 1999", no matter how you spin it.

Information Terrorists Hijack Our Airwaves

Well written and thought out. I want a lot of people to read this, and send to Congress.
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CNN Most Trusted News Source: Vanity Fair/60 Minutes Poll

Nonsense. Comedy Channel with Stewart and Colbert win hands down!!
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Mary Landrieu: 'I Am Not A Handmaiden To The Oil Industry'

Which means she is a handmaiden to the oil industry.



By merely saying the words, she will forever be linked (h/t Google and others) to those words... and since perception is reality in the political world, she is now certainly a "hand maiden to the oil industry" in her own words.



My rule #1 to clients in Media Training seminars is "never repeat the negative" nor say anything you would not want to see as a headline somewhere. Her handlers must have forgotten that.
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Wall Street Journal Staff Renews Pursuit Of Pulitzers

What an ugly front page. WSJ has become a USA wannabee as far as ugly graphic design goes.

But then, ol Rupert is known for sleaze, not aesthetic judgement.



Fail!
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Emma Watson Shows Off Her Legs (PHOTOS)

Pretty remarkable... she has two of them. Stop the presses!!!!
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Brian Williams Anchors From Gulf Region (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

To my Facebook friends, I had intended the previous post to go to my blog... too many buttons and distractions on these HuffPo pages these days. Way too cluttererd.
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http://bit.ly/deS2yy is the new shortened version of my blog address.

However, there is nothing new so far today on my blog... but I'm working on it!!

Flip video footage.

Here's an early attempt, taken in Rome, GA last week or so... using the Flip requires a steady hand, if not a tri-pod. Image quality is good, sound not. Won't replace a good Panasonic or Sony HD camera anytime soon.

My First Use of the P2 Card for Video Production

Just completed a two day shoot for AAA using the Panasonic HVX200 and instead of tape, we used the flash memory cards made by Panasonic, the P2. Then to begin the editing process in Final Cut Pro, I just downloaded from the camera to my Iomega Red 500 MB portable drive, brought it home and began editing. No more tape digitizing!!! I may never use tape again!

Here's a photo of the camera. A little dated now, it came out in 2005 but still a very useful HD camera (tho we shot in SD for this project):

Those exciting videos below were for a meeting that took place last week in SF. Using my blog as a repository for clips which clients can see quickly. I will be using vimeo in the future so as not to contaminate the purity of this "video how-to" information stream.

Amalfi entry way.

Amalfi back of room.

Amalfi room from front of room looking at entrance doors.

Un-Solicited Testimonial (No, Really)

Client Dale Biron (dalebiron.com) took a minute out from our latest poetry video taping to offer some comments about the elements he considers important when choosing a new media producer such as I.
Video's location is also the subject of a brief tutorial that I am posting shortly.

First Flip Video

Hardly earth shattering but a good practice run to see what this camera (a Christmas present to Kay from work) could do. I am aware of its audio limitations and auto exposure issues, but these things take amazingly good HD images.. so here goes:

Flip HD makes an appearance.

A new Flip camera demanded that I go out and try it... so I made a quick little video to test it and to see what issues I will face trying to work it into my regular workflow, if possible.

It's currently on my Facebook page (search Marv Parker) since Flip Share makes it easy to upload a rather large file... it's an m4v (m4p?) and I am not sure yet about how much compression takes place. Once I work out the work flow, I will post it here.
Great images, lousy sound capabilities, sacrificed for convenience I guess.