
Knowledge
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This is a personal playlist of things I have found to be knowledgeable on the sift. Do realize that this is a personal selection, and as such may conflict with your preconceived ideas.
That is okay.

Testimony to the social detachment present in our postmodern, technological society. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Doll http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=672_1198357454
posted by bleedingsnowman
pay attention. this is not the first i've heard of him. it will not be the last, we hear of him. warning: not pretty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_Fazlullah http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/preview... continue reading
posted by my15minutes
First part of the first episode of a nine episode programme on Arab unity made by Al Jazeera.
posted by 10052 1 decade 7 years 1 month ago • 2,593 views
This is Leonard Bernstein from 'The Unanswered Question', an amazing lecture series which was filmed in 1973 when he held the title of Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard.
posted by Issykitty

Particle physicist Dr. Brian Cox believes that the answer to the meaning of the universe lies in gravity. On a road trip across the USA, Brian fires lasers at the moon in Texas and goes wild in the desert... continue reading
posted by Kulpims T'dna
"War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq.... continue reading
posted by qualm
(1hr42') Documentary looking at the Iraq quagmire. Time Magazine ranked it one of the 10 best films of 2007.
posted by calvados
In the vein of No End In Sight, this BBC documentary explores the failures in policy, including British perspectives, following the US lead invasion of Iraq. - Originally aired 29 Oct. 2007, BBC One
posted by BoneyD
Computer programmer Clinton Curtis testified at the December 13th, 2004 Congressional hearing in Columbus, Ohio naming Republican Congressman Tom Feeney as the person who hired him to prepare vote-rigging software. ... continue reading
posted by eric3579
"The Bush Administration provided in that hastily-passed law no statutory restrictions on their ability to wiretap you at will, to tap your cell phone, your e-mail, whatever." We will shortly consider... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000
Roman Catholic President John F Kennedy speech at the Houston Ministers in 1960 this speech was on the religious issue and seperation from Church & State. This speech angered the Pope and the Vatican.... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000
As contributing editor for The American Conservative and Sun Media, and Founding Committee member of The Real News Network Eric Margolis says: "The reason I was drawn to [The Real News] was the fact it... continue reading
posted by cybrbeast
To explain the bizarre nature of quantum mechanics, Erwin Schrodinger proposed this thought experiment. Quantum mechanics holds that particles can be in two different states at the same time, and will... continue reading
posted by Fjnbk

WHY WE FIGHT, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war ... all machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary... continue reading
posted by Constitutional_Patriot
"In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal."
posted by theo47
