fun test

This is a fun little awareness test that's been around the internets for some time now... still worth posting on the blog:

yes, please...

Ed Norton is... The Incredible Hulk.

At first I was a skeptic, then I saw the trailer. Now I'm intrigued. I mean, Ed Norton.

'lessons learned'

This is up over at the dailykos and I think it sums up quite nicely where things stand now that we're 7 months away from the general election in November:

Things I have learned during this campaign season:

In a race that includes a former First Lady of the United States and a multimillionaire Republican senator rumored to share up to eight residences with his wife, the black guy from Chicago is unforgivably elitist.

Racism in America is caused primarily by black Chicago preachers.

The guy who keeps getting confused over the relationship between Iraq, Iran, and al Qaeda is the foreign policy expert.

The guy who goes to campaign stops on his wife's private jet aircraft is the most down-to-earth.

The guy who changed his stance on tax cuts, Roe v. Wade, immigration, gun control, the confederate flag, torture, public financing, and his own anti-earmark rhetoric is the "straight talker".

People in the heartland don't like it when you call them bitter, but they do like it when you explain to them that they're too dumb to understand issues more important than whether or not they like to be called bitter.

Arugula is the measure of a man.

Bowling is the measure of a man.

Orange juice is the measure of a man.

Flag pins are the measure of a man.

Success in Iraq consists of any reduction in violence, except when violence increases that's good too.

A recession is only a recession if you call it one.

Bill Kristol, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Karl Rove, Maureen Dowd, David Brooks, David Broder, Charles Krauthammer and Bob Novak are all intensely interested in giving advice to the Democratic candidates because they just want to be helpful.

There are people in this world dumb enough to believe every one of these things.

Obama in 30 seconds

MoveOn.Org has put together a cool campaign. They've solicited 30-second advertisements from the general public to introduce the general election crowd (those who haven't fully tuned in to the primary season, though it's tough) to Barack Obama, the probable Democratic nominee. It's a pretty cool campaign and they have some nice entries. Here are a couple I like, but you should check out the rest of the finalists on MoveOn.org's website and vote for which one best represents the message of the Obama campaign.

they said he was unprepared...

join me

playground politics

Scalia on torture

before the race

For perspective on just how long the Democratic contest has gone on, consider that gas was $2.20 a gallon, Eliot Spitzer was a rising star and neither Manning had won a Super Bowl in October 2006. (NYT Caucus Blog)

but it was all part of the intelligent design, right?

I started flashing back to the "Jurassic Park" days of my youth when I read that scientists were able to extract DNA from a (surprisingly) preserved piece of Tyrannosaurus soft tissue. What did the scientists conclude when they did the phylogenetic analysis on that DNA? That the closest living relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex is... the chicken.

Just another prediction made by using Darwin's crazy theory proven to be correct... almost 150 years later!

Science is cool, man...

the Clintonite hypocrisy runs deep

The Daily Kos has done a bit of digging into Terry McAuliffe's past. Apparently this whole scrap about Michigan breaking the DNC rules isn't a first, McAuliffe had to deal with it back in 2004 when he was the chair of the DNC.

From McAuliffe's book "What a Party":

"I'm going outside the primary window," [Michigan Sen. Carl Levin] told me definitively.

"If I allow you to do that, the whole system collapses," I said. "We will have chaos. I let you make your case to the DNC, and we voted unanimously and you lost."

He kept insisting that they were going to move up Michigan on their own, even though if they did that, they would lose half their delegates. By that point Carl and I were leaning toward each other over a table in the middle of the room, shouting and dropping the occasional expletive.

"You won't deny us seats at the convention," he said.

"Carl, take it to the bank," I said. "They will not get a credential. The closest they'll get to Boston will be watching it on television. I will not let you break this entire nominating process for one state. The rules are the rules. If you want to call my bluff, Carl, you go ahead and do it."

We glared at each other some more, but there was nothing much left to say. I was holding all the cards and Levin knew it.

[Source: McAuliffe, Terry. What A Party!, p. 325.]

That's Terry then... let's see what he thinks about this whole mess now that his candidate's potential nomination rests on seating delegates from a state who broke the rules set out at the beginning of the process:

Terry McAuliffe: I'm saying they've already voted, let's count the votes. I’m saying that the state parties in those states need to work with the national party and figure out how we count the votes that have already been voted.

Sometimes it's downright painful.

Obama and Faux News

So, I'm not sure how many of you have been tuned into the whole Obama vs. Fox News thing over this past election cycle. Here's a brief rundown:

Obama, rightfully claiming that Fox isn't at all 'fair and balanced', has repeatedly denied invitations to appear on any Fox News programs. This is much to the chagrin of Fox News which, due to the growing national disapproval of the Bush administration and their policies(69% disapproval, the highest in history), has seen a not-so-bright future. And since January, when the Obama started hitting the fan (so to speak), Fox has been drooling to get a piece. They've also been attempting to tear him to shreds since he so soundly discredits them and their "news" organization. They've hit the "OMG his middle name is Hussein!!", the "didn't he go to a Muslim school as a child?", the "is he too black/black enough?", and the "is he patriotic enough because he doesn't wear a flag pin/have his hand over his heart during the pledge of allegiance?" buttons often and hard. And since the whole Jeremiah Wright flap and Weather Underground associations broke, they've been lapping it up!

(To clarify the above points, in order: so what?; yes he did - for one year while living abroad; what does that even mean?; it was the national anthem, not the pledge!)

Then, five weeks ago (or so) came this - Chris Wallace (host of Fox News Sunday) initiated what they started calling an 'Obama watch', complete with '24'-style clock. Ultimately Wallace's problem is that Obama (in 2006) had agreed to appear on his program, and then after the network attempted to politically smear him he didn't really feel like giving them a ratings boost.

Now, today, comes word that this Sunday Obama will appear on Wallace's Fox News Sunday. This has upset a lot of people on the blogosphere (and elsewhere) who were hoping Democratic candidates would continue to snub/boycott Fox News. However, I imagine that the candidates realize that this is a politically untenable scenario and so we, as liberals, must face our demons head on.

However, this doesn't mean complimenting them up and down (as Terry McAuliffe, senior Clinton advisor did Tuesday night - so much so that they turned it into a promo!). Rather, they must be challenged to report the unbiased truth, without resorting to smear jobs. Someone must hold them accountable. Apparently that's Obama's goal. One of Obama's advisors was in communication with a blogger over at TPM and claimed that Obama plans to "take Fox on" when he appears on the program:

We are clear-eyed about Fox’'s role in the dissemination and amplification of Republican talking points this election. They have been the tip of the spear when it comes to repeatedly broadcasting some of the most specious of rumors about Obama. He is going on their Sunday show to take Fox on, not because we have any illusion about their motives or politics in this election.

If this is true, it ought to be fun to watch. If not, it'll be another sad day of pandering. I'm excited to find out which it is...

SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!

Conan's on a roll!

Not only did he have Grizzly Bear on earlier this week (doing an awesome version of their new song), he also got She & Him (featuring M. Ward and Yo La Tengo accompaniment) and Radiohead - check it! (via Yellow Stereo)

War on Science: Part II

So this is not the first case of a scientist working for the EPA reporting political pressure regarding his/her scientific findings... just the latest.


Oh... and btw... look at what NOAA has to say about CO2 emissions in 2007... I'd say that's the opposite of improvement. Good work Bushie, you're doin' a heckuva job!

sad but true...

A study by UNC recently found (and UPI reports) that most U.S. women have disordered eating.

"~40% report concerns about what they eat or weigh interfering with their happiness..."

We need to seriously take stock of what (about our society) drives so many people to this state.

ho... ly... shi...

Talk about "working on my roar!":


(effing cute baby videos always get me... I couldn't wait until Caturday!!)

Wired readers respond

When Wired did a story about the Nature article in which it was reported that 20% of researchers use 'performance enhancing drugs' (such as ritilin, aderall, etc.), apparently they got quite the response. There's even a handy how-to...

I think I'll stick to my coffee...

Jon Stewert breaks down the Clinton logic

nice.

Fascinating!

I look forward to watching all of this when I've got an hour to spare... for now, it's on the blog!

slick willy

Bill Clinton has some amazing political abilities. I remember the phrase "slick Willy" from the 90's, but perhaps didn't appreciate it at the time. Here's a late-breaking iteration of it.

Yesterday on a PA radio station (WHYY), Bill Clinton was interviewed and had this exchange about the fallout after his comments comparing the Obama campaign strengths to those of the Jesse Jackson campaign in '88:

Ms. Phillips: Do you think that was a mistake and would you do that again?”

Mr. Clinton: “No, I think that they played the race card on me. We now know, from memos from the campaign and everything that they planned to do it along.”

…If you go back to what I said at the time. There was a conversation that I engaged in that included two African-American members of Congress who were standing right there …. and I said that Jesse Jackson had run a good campaign with overwhelming African-American support and white supporters. And this was started off because people wanted to act like — for reasons i didn’t understand — that Senator Obama didn’t have his African-American support or they thought his white support was better because Jesse Jackson had blue-collar working people and most of Senator Obama’s support was upscale cultural liberals. And it was like beneath them to be compared to Jesse Jackson….

Ultimately it really doesn't matter. There was a small bit of a backlash to the comments at the time (back in January), but in political terms this is ancient history. The memos to which he's referring were generated within the Obama campaign in an attempt to compile a list of all of the racially charged attacks Clinton surrogates (and others?) had made on Obama at the time.

Here's where the political double speak comes out. This morning Bill Clinton was asked by a reporter about the comments he made on air yesterday and this is what he had to say:

Mr. Memoli: “Sir, what did you mean yesterday when you said that the Obama campaign was playing the race card on you?”

Mr. Clinton: “When did I say that, and to whom did I say that?”

Mr. Memoli: “On WHYY radio yesterday.”

Mr. Clinton: “No, no, no. That’s not what I said. You always follow me around and play these little games, and I’m not going to play your games today. This is a day about election day. Go back and see what the question was, and what my answer was. You have mischaracterized it to get another cheap story to divert the American people from the real urgent issues before us, and I choose not to play your game today. Have a nice day.”

Mr. Memoli: “Respectfully sir, though, you did say …”

Mr. Clinton: “Have a nice day. I said what I said, you can go and look at the interview. And if you’ll be real honest, you’ll also report what the question was and what the answer was.”

While this may be a diversion from the important issues, it's the latest example of how effective Bill Clinton is as a politician... for better or worse. Amazing.

(via the NYT blog The Caucus)

it's official...

grad school is turning me grey.

Grizzly Bear on Conan

neverending primary season

Open Left has an interesting analysis of why this primary season doesn't want to end - despite the near-mathematical impossibility of a Clinton victory - and proposes concrete steps that can be taken to move the process forward.

check out my new album!

So... actually I don't have a new album... I'm not a member of The Lost Patrol... yet... (if that is even a band).

Anyway, it's kind of a fun little game like putting the name of your first pet and the street you grew up on together to get your 'porn name' (Jake Woodside... no big deal). Anyway, here's how it works:

1) Use the wikipedia random article page, the title of the page (whatever it is) is your band name

2) Use the random quote generator and scroll to the last quote of the page. The last four words of that quote is your album title.

3) Use Flickr's cool photos from the last 7 days thingy. The third picture on the page is going to be the cover of your latest album!

4) Mash 'em all together and post on your blog, send to your friends, or record an album and release a CD (whatever... it's up to you!)

I made the picture above in about 45 seconds... fast, easy, and it's fun! What's not to like? (just like me!)

(I got the idea from The Yellow Stereo)

How to write a song - Andrew Bird style

So over at you ain't no picasso they've got the first look at Andrew Bird's new song "Oh No"... this is the same song that Bird described writing in a piece for the NYTimes a few weeks back. First check out the Times article - it's really interesting the process he uses - then check out the finished product over at YANP.

I can't wait to hear the new album!

A - MA - ZING... required viewing

It speaks for itself:

Last night I watched:

So I'm rolling out a new recurring section on the blog today... and it goes a little something like this... *wha-blam!*

Last night I watched: Reality Bites

So first let me say that I forgot just how much I love this movie. I mean, it played a big role in my adolescent development. My views on life, love, relationships, friendships, sexuality, and careers were all shaped by this film. It has been a few years since I've watched it and I have to say that I definitely came at it with a new perspective this time. I "got" a lot more of it - different aspects of the story, relationships, what have you that I hadn't fully appreciated until this watching.

I also realized that this movie still plays a part of my life (despite infrequent viewing) by the amount that I quote (or think of quoting) various lines from it, e.g.

"PFLAG, I'm beginning to like the sound of that"

Plus, do you remember when The Gap was all denim and kahki like this:

PLUS... a) they smoked a lot in this movie, b) there's a drinking game... and c) all I have to say is: Janeane Garofalo...

Okay, so it was a great movie and all, but I had this revelation while watching it last night: Reality Bites was the previous iteration of, and perhaps inspiration for, Garden State. Check out all of the similarities:

1) Both had casts packed with the young up-and-comers

RB: Winona Ryder, Janeane, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller (also bit parts for David Spade, Andy Dick, and - little known fact - Renée Zellweger)

GS: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard... Method Man

2) Both are coming of age stories where the main character (Ryder, Braff) discovers, with the help of someone who sees the world in an outside-the-box kind of perspective (Hawke, Portman) what is truly important to them.

3) Both feature groundbreaking (and memorable) soundtracks.

RB: Do you remember how you couldn't get away from that Lisa Loeb song after that movie came out? Also... My Sharona, All I Want is You (U2), Tempted (Squeeze), Lenny Kravitz... it was a who's who of indie music (or as indie as the early 90's got)!

GS: We have Zach Braff (and, I guess Natalie Portman) to thank for the popularity of the Shins today. Beyond that, the GS soundtrack was (arguably) a launching pad for Zero 7, Thievery Corporation, Iron & Wine, Alexi Murdoch (who wasn't even on the soundtrack), and Frou Frou.

4) The final point of comparison is this: Reality Bites was released in 1994, Garden State... 2004... oooooooohh.... creepy.

wanna see something cool?

of course you do!

It just happens to be one of the effing coolest locks around. It's in Falkirk Scotland and it's called (appropriately enough) the Falkirk Wheel.

Here it is in action:

mass attack

An awesome game... but a time suck - look out!

slow day on the blog...

as reparation, let me offer you this:

McCain on torture

I've always been a bit surprised by John McCain's stance on torture, given his personal history. Now comes this:

When asked at a press junket about whether we (as Americans) should endorse torture for terrorism detainees or whether we "stand for something better", John McCain had this to say:

I’ve made it very clear, I’ve made it very clear in my statements and in my support of the Detainee Treatment Act, the Geneva Conventions, etc., that there may be some additional techniques to be used, but none of those would violate the Geneva Conventions, the Detainee Treatment Act...And we cannot ever, in my view, torture any American, that includes waterboarding.

Well... it's quite comforting to know that John McCain is against the torture of American citizens. As for the rest of the world, I guess you're in the maybe column and we'll just inform you on a need-to-know basis.

We could always convene another panel of "The Principals" - Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, George Tenet, John Ashcroft and then NSA director Condoleza Rice - to decide who it is okay to torture and who it isn't. They met several times during the early days of the war on terror to discuss how terror suspects should be tortured with the approval of George W. Bush. At the time John Ascroft noted that "History will not judge this kindly". Hopefully by the time this is all over, this group of individuals will be tried for war crimes along with the Accessory in Chief. Sadly, they will most likely not see their day in court... (not in the same sense as the terror suspects being held at Gitmo, mind you)

That's good news for John McCain, though - he's already got a panel of experts ready to decide who (and how) it's okay to torture! What luck! I'm sure they'll do a heckuva job...

another Clinton attack line backfiring?

Let's play a little game of compare and contrast.

First Obama speaking today at the Aliance for American Manufacturing luncheon:

Now Clinton's reception at the same affair later in the day:


Discuss.

reap what ye sow

Apparently Alberto Gonzales (disgraced former US Attorney General... the guy responsible for firing all of those US Attorneys for political reasons... and for supporting the torture of US prisoners) is finding it difficult to obtain a job.

... cue sad music?...

Obama's blunder

Don't know if you all heard what Obama said last week...

Well, people are pretty up in arms about that one and the Hillary/McCain ticket is really hitting him hard on this one. Well, I don't think it was very eloquently put... but let's get into the way-back machine and see if we can't shed some light on this issue...

Ah! Here's an appearance that Barack Obama made on Charlie Rose back in 2004 in which he more elegantly explains his point... let's listen in:

So Hillary & McCain are hitting Obama on being elitist about this; they're saying that it points to his Harvard-law-school elitism, etc. etc. etc. Well it's that kind of branding of intelligent progressives as 'liberal elite' that has driven so many people from the Democratic party over that past 25 years. Ultimately this could be very damaging to the party as a whole when Obama (who is the inevitable nominee) is in the general election this November (the RNC should send Hillary some flowers or a fruit basket or something). But let's take another step back for a moment and consider this question: what is so bad about being elite? Bill Maher had an interesting take on that last year:

Ultimately, I think Obama can bounce back from this blunder - he's turning into the new teflon candidate. However this points to a bigger issue - one that Obama may want to think about addressing directly (a la the race issue) - and that is the silent class war that is ensuing right now in the U.S. Maher's rhetoric is the other end of the 'liberal elite' spectrum. Obama needs to lift up the Democratic party as the party that supports rural voters and their values; the party that will give them the best chance for success and a good life and put the values of the individual over the values of the corporation. It is that kind of populism that will draw people into the party and push that agenda over the top in November. Dean had his Nascar dads... Obama's got his bitter PA hunters... it's time for someone (hopefully Barack) to catch the tiger by the tail on this issue of liberal elitism and what it has to offer to all of the bitter people out there in rural (and urban, for that matter) America.

The curse...

... in reverse?

Construction worker buries Ortiz jersey under new Yankee stadium:


And, of course, once this was discovered (and reported to the press), they decided to tear up the new Yankee stadium - not knowing exactly where the jersey was burried - to exhume the paraphernalia:

This exemplifies the ridiculousness of this rivalry. It's fun, gets people into the games, crushes you when you lose, exhilarates you when you win... and is absolutely, 100%, certifiably nuts. You can't make this stuff up!

A Strong Bad game for the Wii?

This is happening... this really happens...

Bush's war on science - Episode X

Where Are The Dogs Humping.com

Friedrich Nietzsche + The Family Circus = HILLARITY!

What do you get when you combine quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche and images from the forever over-the-top innocence of The Family Circus cartoons? Awesomeness, innuendo, and a hearty time waster...

What is the seal of liberation? — No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.

Al Gore's got a new slideshow

and... it's pretty good. Check it out (when you've got a spare 20 min):

Awesome MTTS Comic

marriedtothesea.com

I had no idea who Uwe Boll was...

until I saw him defend himself from an anti-Uwe Boll internet petition:

"Look. I am not a f**king retard like Michael Bay."

His movie looks absolutely terrible - I'm totally not going to go see it - but he pwns Michael Bay and George Clooney in the same minute-long rant. Awesome.

two rings to rule them all

Sox home opener was yesterday (5-0 over the Tigers, N.B.D.) - the home opener is where they present the World Series rings to the champions from the prior October.

It was a pretty special day also in that Buckner threw out the first pitch... yes... that Buckner...

Time (and a couple of rings to weigh down your hands) will heal all wounds.

For the record: I agree with most that he had less to do with that loss than most people give him blame for.

Bumbershoot lineup (pt. 1) announced

Which begs the question... which lineup is better?

Bumbershoot or Sasquatch?


(poll time!)

Seattle in the fog

muffinfilms

you need to enjoy muffinfilms.com right now!

FYI:

nataliedee.com

Banana poll

If you're just tuning in... please note the poll regarding bananas to your left.

If you would take the time to consider and vote I would greatly appreciate it. I'm going to be blogging on this issue soon, but I wanted to do a little 'data collection' first.

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

I've been meaning to watch this for a while... and now it's up on Hulu, the watch-whenever-you-want repository for tv and movies replete with short commercials for your consumer edification.

Anyway, point is... I'm going to be watching and enjoying Dave Chappelle's Block Party soon - who's with me?!

coming soon to a facebook page near you: holo-chat

So the Times (UK) has a story up about how the internets are going to get even super faster real soon! I can't wait. Some of the things we have to look forward to:

- send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds
- transmit holographic images
- allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players
- and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call

The internet will go from a series of tubes... to a cloud or a grid... what's an Alaskan Senator to do.

Thanks Cern particle physicists!

want to know what the best marketing scheme of the week is?

I'll tell you...

It's this Absolut ad that has been plastered all over the internets lately:



What makes it so good? Well, as I mentioned, it has been plastered all over everywhere lately (free advertising!) because people are totally pissed about it! It has even spurred a boycott call from conservatives (bloggers and others) who want you to be scared - BOO! - of all those Mexicans crossing the border. They're claiming that these illegals are gonna stage a coup and take back what we took from them... redraw the map if you will. I think it's hillarious...

It also makes me thirsty.

Bravo, Absolut marketing people... bravo...

I wonder...

... what kind of crazy NASA crap was happening on that third floor?

(40 employees - who all worked in one building - diagnosed with cancer)

what Al Gore's missing

(besides the Presidency)

Over at the slog there is an interesting analysis of what the new Al Gore sponsored media blitz concerning what needs to be done in the face of the global climate crisis is missing... very interesting.

However, couldn't it be said that the encouraged changes are the the biggest payoff for the smallest investment. Yes it would be nice if people drove less and moved to a small, walkable community or utilized public transit - but that's not available to everyone. I think it's a good first (or second?) step for the Gore initiatives. I guess the ultimate question is: how long can we afford to take baby steps on these issues? That's a question to which no one knows the answer.

uh oh...

pwnd... sometimes I wonder if I know any of the people who are referenced in the various I, anonymous letters, and then I make sure I haven't seriously pissed anyone off lately :)

oops!

new fav

and the war on science continues

chronicled - quite nicely - over at the DailyKos

new for the wii

super pii pii brothers!... want...


(not really)

More SWPL

Today, from stuff white people like, comes a couple of highlights... such as:

1) graduate school

and

2) toyota prius

key quote:

"It’s a pretty sweet deal for white people. You can buy a car, continue to drive to work and Barak Obama rallies and feel like you are helping the environment!"

Today's song I put on loop -

... and play over and over again:

ho... ly... shi...

okay... so:
#1 - effing cute as hell... but...
#2 - what's with the marketing plug?

This story reminds me of what happened to Knut. Are German zookeepers intentionally removing baby polar bears from their mothers "for protection", only to stir up publicity and drive up attendance at the zoo?

... man, I'm becoming so cynical...

umm... awesome?

omen?

Goldblum is a total stoner...

... just listen to the way he sounds in this slowed-down Apple ad from the 90's!

Now with more colon cleansing power!

The taco truck (Rancho Bravo) is back. (via slog)

Hillary won the raffle!

(in MI)



If you liked that, check out these two as well!

*sigh*

they're learning...

clevah girl...



what's next? cats peeing in toilets?!?... oh... wait...

anybody want to go Capitol Hill later?

I've got a new game we could play...



(thanks Sara)

cupa' joe

So caffeine helps protect the brain from damage induced by cholesterol - so says the BBC.

Intriguingly not the first instance that one of the most commonly used drugs in the world has been shown to be neuroprotective. Right here at the University of Washington researchers have demonstrated that caffeine protects dopamine neurons from degenerating in a fly model of Parkinson's Disease.

... speaking of which... I could use an afternoon pick-me-up! :)

(thanks Russ)

Gravel, we hardly knew ye...

This video kind of has a William Shatner quality to it...

in the future...

I will be loving this movie (Russ, you were there)... and possibly this one as well...

cool Kanye mashups

from I guess I'm floating

I don't want to believe this is real...

but if it is, it's pretty eff-ing awesome!

BREAKING:

Ben Gibbard's new side project!

New favorite blog:

stuff white people like... including: graduate school, NPOs, and having gay friends

It begs the question:

Which is worse? Having a pastor whose sermons are filled with the pain of decades of racial injustice... or being an awful bowler?

Apparently Joe Scarborough thinks that the 'comander in chief' test should include a bowling section... and that if you're "a man or a really good woman" you should at least bowl 150. (via MediaMatters)



These are the questions that will decide who is our next president.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Scientists Behaving Badly

Kind of a "to do" list, of sorts...


(Scientists Behaving Badly, Martinson et al. Nature 2005)

Al Gore: super serial

Al Gore was on 60 Minutes this past Sunday. He gave quite an interesting interview to Lesley Stahl. They discussed politics (briefly) - both '08 and what '00 did to him. The majority of the interview was focused on his recent efforts on the global warming front. Here's the Alternet page with the video from 60 Minutes.

... oh, he's super serial... manbearpig is no joke, guys...