Brilliant! He does seem to be mellowing in his old age, or maybe the rants just do suit him better.

This one always makes me chuckle. One of my favourite classic Sandler moments.

Balls indeed! This kid is a future stand-up comedian or Hollywood writer (and I'm not just saying that because he's Jewish.)
He says near the end that he doesn't "think that we need to believe in God to act that way (good to each other)" - such wisdom out of the mouths of babes.

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Theo Jansen's website: http://www.strandbeest.com/
From Wiki: "Jansen is dedicated to creating artificial life through the use of genetic algorithms. These programs simulate evolution inside their code. Genetic algorithms can be modified to solve a variety of problems including circuit design, and in the case of Theo Jansen's creations, complex systems."

The fact that George Bush is stupid or articulate is just another "rumor on the Internets."
Sometimes I wonder if one of his speech writers thinks it's funny to give him these inane things to say just to see if he'll do it.

Great sift - thanks!
I got curious and looked up the lyrics - vivid, powerful stuff:

Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Seen most of these clips before, but this is definitely a "best of the best."

Another brief article with a few links on the subject:
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/education/spotlight/issue_24/index.html

The crab-eating Macaque is one of the types of monkeys that have been used as space testflight animals.

An article on the extinction of the dolphin:
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0808/breaking41.htm
"It is the first official extinction of a large vertebrate for more than 50 years...The animal is the first cetacean, the group of mammals that includes dolphins, whales and porpoises, to vanish from Earth as a direct result of human influence."

Yeah, could definitely do without the song

Being just a casual user and enjoyer of VideoSift, I don't really know much about the rules or history of the site, but it seems to me that Fedquip isn't self-promoting, just sharing videos that weren't available elswhere but that other sifters will enjoy, and isn't that the point?

Why does it matter whether or not the chick is hot? That seems to be a point that keeps coming up. Regardless of all the other bull this clip contains - and I'm not going to waste my time watching it again - what really bothered me is that she calls what she does "journalism."