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Kid comic mocks the stand down generation, especially the baby boomers: "they had sex, drugs and rock and roll but don't leave any for us". Nancy Pelosi and George Lakoff are equally mocked as strict and nurturing parents who have failed their children. "Nancy pelosi is standing down without permission. Now look at the mess we have got to clean up now". WARNING: The unruly child depicted in this episode is not an unruly child but he plays one on BetterBadNews whenever he feels like it.

Calling all citizens: Reinforcements needed to help save old growth oak trees in Berkeley threatened by University of California Police. Berkeley native american activist Zachary Running Wolf vs UC campus police chief and the University Board of Regents determined to build a new atheletic center on sacred ground.

Berkeley kid wants to know, Am I on the watch list ?  Big Brother gets a time out for putting  800,000 names on a suspected terrorist watch list. Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh consider how family values will be affected if the neo-cons uncork the nuclear genie. Religious war mongers get worked over by the BetterBadNews panel: James King, Kurt Reinhardt, Gracie Coates, Lucas Buckman, Mel Gordon and Galen Corr. Tags: talk, politics, satire, political, berkeley, watch, scott, ritter, pope, religious, war, seymour, hersh, rev, hegge, wright, betterbadnews, list, kid, galen, corr, james, king, kurt, reinhardt, gracie, coates, lucas, buckman, big, brother, community, media, bcm, betv

Does Big Brother need a time out? Berkeley kids want to know: Am I on a watch list? According to some counts the government has a suspected terrorist watch list approaching 800,000 names. Scott Ritter makes an appearance in this 4 minute betterbadnews satire targeting religious war mongers and government surveillance of all citizens of the united states. betterbadnews produced at berkeley community media and BUSD with James King, kurt reinhardt, gracie coates, lucas buckman and special guests mel gordon and galen corr.

BETTERBADNEWS panel taunt TV network comics JOHN STEWART, JAY LENO AND DAVID LETTERMAN for failure to mock an obvious and deserving target of public ridicule: The 9/11 Commission Report. Is late night television part of the cover up? In This Episode: Professional politicians are profiled as professional tag team wrestlers pretending to be mortal enemies but not really. 2008 third party contenders threaten to reveal the sorry 9/11 Truth behind all the fakery. Also: The BetterBadNews anchor speculates on a secret plan to install California Governor Arnold Schwazenegger in the White House following a false flag attack blamed on terrorists. Finally: Ron Paul considers a third party ticket but who is going to be on top? Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, Jesse Ventura, Mike Gravel or Ron Paul? Tags: commission, report, 2008, barrett, congress, schwarzenneger, cynthia, mckinney, ralph, nader, betterbadnews jesse, mujuca ventura, mike, gravel, ron, paul, al, franken, wrestling, federation, wwf, 9/11, truth, betterbadnews, john, stewart, leno, letterman, pentagon, green, fake, party, politics, satire, election, fraud,

BETTERBADNEWS panel taunt TV network comics JOHN STEWART, JAY LENO AND DAVID LETTERMAN for failure to mock an obvious and deserving target of public ridicule: The 9/11 Commission Report. Is late night television part of the cover up?In This Episode: Professional politicians are profiled as professional tag team wrestlers pretending to be mortal enemies but not really. 2008 third party contenders threaten to reveal the sorry 9/11 Truth behind all the fakery. Also: The BetterBadNews anchor speculates on a secret plan to install California Governor Arnold Schwazenegger in the White House following a false flag attack blamed on terrorists. Finally: Ron Paul Considers a third party ticket but who is going to be on top? Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, Jesse ventura, Mike gravel or Ron Paul?

RON PAUL EXCLUDES HIMSELF FROM THIRD PARTY DEBATES.2008 THIRD PARTY Candidates Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader must be curious: Is Jesse Ventura re-entering politics or just hawking a book? Don't Start the Revolution Without Me, is Ventura's new book title but on the network blather shows he talks like a candidate pitching campaign themes. But is Jesse Ventura running for the Senate or the White House? "I already beat Norm Coleman once". Watching Ventura threaten to throw John McCain out of the ring is funny but is Al Franken laughing? His Senate bid is kaput if Ventura runs for the White House with coattails long enough to help green Party favorite, Mike Cavlan, unseat Colemen. If Ventura chooses to run for the Senate against Franken Coleman and Cavlan anything is possible. Ventura probably wants the White House but he's going to have to convince Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich or Mike Gravel to run with him on an independent party ticket to get there. Minnesota politics as usual. The betterbadnews panel has a clue. Satire from Better bad news and politics.

Online policing of politically unreliable web sites (Senate Bill S-1959) will bring to the US internet what Yahoo has already brought to China: Internet related censorship services and jailed dissidents. Why is the internet tech community so quiet about this issue? The bill, (S-1959) misleadingly called the Homegrown Terrorism and Violent Radicalization act of 2007 is a thought crime bill. The bill was passed in the house under a curious suspension of the rules usually reserved for non controversial issues like the naming of a post office. A Senate Vote is imminent. Obama sits on the Senate committee responsible for moving it forward or sending it back to nazi Germany. As of December 27, 2007, Obama says he hasn t yet decided how he will vote. Obama s presidential campaign has been encouraged to contact Robert Scoble for his advice. But what will Scoble say to Senator Obama when he calls? What if Scoble has been pre-emptively compromised by a web2 business opportunity in the censorship solutions sector of Silicon valley? Dave Winer might want to give Scoble a short tutorial on creeping fascism. This dangerous bill is being pushed by the Pentagon through it s favored think tank, the Rand Corporation. If passed it will be another step toward creating an internet policing apparatus complete with watch-lists and user profiles and all the follies associated with the suppression of civil liberties online. If you thought net neutrality was not high on the agenda you haven t read this bill (S-1959)

Why did Al Franken refuse to rally his Air America audience in support of the filibuster attempt to stop Judge Alito from being appointed to the supreme court? Franken s radio program was on the air for six crucial hours during the filibuster campaign but he never told his audience about it. Why didn t Al Franken encourage his audience to participate in the fight to stop Alito? Something smells Vichy. Tags: al, franken, judge, alito, supreme, court, democrats, in, name, only, fake, dems, minnesota, dino, vichy, filibuster, attempt, satire, betterbadnews, hillary, obama, feinstein,

BetterBadNews enters Cell Phone Gun Video Clip In Funny Contest. 3 min video targets gun enthusiasts and the sketch comedy industry.

What do bad news, a cube farm and a robot all have in common?  They can all be found on The Clip Show this week.

The BetterBadNews panel discuss reports that two computers siezed in a recent Al Qaeda raid had Rosie O'Donnel video clips stored on their hard drives. The subject of the video's was the 9/11 Truth movement. The video clips of Rosie telling viewers to look outside the united states for news about what's happening to their country. She said, in America we are fed propaganda. Donald Rumsfeld and Tim Russert are also seen admiring a detailed drawing of Osama Bin Ladin's advanced network of modern military caves in Tora Bora that didn't really exist. Rosie O'Donnel said recently on the ABC televison program, the View that it was physically impossible for a building to fall the way Building 7 fell without the use of explosives.Smoking gun?

Ian Crossland calls it Thought Mass: A dormant power he has discovered that enables him to make something happen by thinking about it. In this 7 minute video satire the BetterBadNews panel pay it all the attention it deserves.

__________________________________________________________________ WAS THE RECENT AS ONE GATHERING A STEALTH MARKETING PLOY TO FOOL MEMBERS OF THE YOUTUBE COMMUNITY INTO MAKING VIDEO CLIP INFOMERCIALS FOR A TOURIST TRAP? IN THIS 7 MINUTE VIDEO THE BETTERBADNEWS PANEL TRIES TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION BY MASHING UP SEVERAL VIDEO CLIPS POSTED ON YOUTUBE BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED THE YOUTUBE AS ONE GATHERING . STEALTH MARKETERS ARE LEARNING HOW TO HIDE THEIR COMMERCIAL OBJECTIVES BEHIND THE PERSONALITIES OF TOP RANKED MEMBERS OF POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORKS. TO THAT END YOUTUBE CONSPIRED WITH SEVERAL HIGHLY SUBSCRIBED YOUTUBE MEMBERS INCLUDING RENETTO AND MR. SAFETY TO ACT AS THE MAIN PROMOTERS OF THE AS ONE GATHERING . THEIR JOB WAS TO CREATE A FALSE FRONT FROM WHICH TO RALLY FANS ENCOURAGING THEM TO SHOW UP WITH THEIR VIDEO RECORDERS AND BE READY TO BE DISCOVERED. MR. SAFETY TOLD HIS SUBSCRIBERS IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, BELIEVE ME, TALENT SCOUTS ARE GOING TO BE THERE. THIS GATHERING IS GOING TO BE HUGE THE ACTUAL ORGANIZERS OF THE AS ONE GATHERING HAVE TRIED TO REMAIN INVISIBLE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. STEALTH MARKETING CAMPAIGNS DEPEND ON CREATING THE MISLEADING IMPRESSION THAT EVERYTHING WE SEE IS ORGANIZED BY THE USER COMMUNITY FROM THE BOTTOM UP NOT FROM THE TOP DOWN. MANY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THE AS ONE GATHERING INCLUDING: 1. DID THE NUMBER OF COMPENSATED YOUTUBERS EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF UNCOMPENSATED INDIVIDUALS. WHO HAS THESE STATISTICS AND HOW WERE THEY COMPILED? 2. WHAT LEVELS OF COMPENSATION WERE OFFERED TO YOUTUBE PERSONALITIES JETTED IN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. WHAT WAS THE TOTAL BUDGET AND WHO PAID FOR IT? 3. WERE ANY DEALS CUT WITH TOP YOUTUBERS REQUIRING SECRECY. WHY? 4. WERE TALENT SCOUTS IN ATTENDANCE AS PROMISED AND IF SO WHAT ORGANIZATIONS DID THEY REPRESENT? WHO WON THE YOUTUBE VIDEO SCAVENGER HUNT? DON T EXPECT ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS TO BE FORTHCOMING IF THE REAL OBJECTIVE OF THE AS ONE GATHERING WAS TO SELL YOUTUBE AS A MARKETING SOLUTION TO BRAND ADVERTISERS LIKE PIER 39. WHAT IS BECOMING CLEARER, HOWEVER, IS THAT STEALTH MARKETERS CANNOT SUCCEED IN DECEIVING THE PUBLIC WITHOUT THE PROACTIVE COLLABORATION OF TRUSTED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIAL NETWORKS THEY SEEK TO MISLEAD. RENETTO, AND MR SAFETY LIKE LONELYGIRL15 ARE LESS CREDIBLE AS TRUST AGENTS THEN THEY ONCE WERE AND THEIR USEFULNESS TO YOUTUBE MANAGEMENT WILL DIMINISH WITH EACH VIOLATION OF THEIR SUBSCRIBERS TRUST. VIEWERS ARE WISE NOT TO TRUST A WORD SPOKEN BY ANY OF THEM. IT S HARD TO DETERMINE HOW MANY YOUTUBE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE AT THE AS ONE GATHERING REALIZE THEY WERE TRICKED INTO PRODUCING INFOMERCIALS FOR A LOCAL TOURIST TRAP BUT THE NUMBER IS PROBABLY VERY SMALL. VERY FEW LOCALS SHOWED UP. Tags: PIER39, RENETTO, MR.SAFETY, STEALTH, MARKETING, YOUTUBE, INFOMERCIAL, SATIRE, DISCUSSION, BETTERBADNEWS, PIER 39

WAS THE RECENT "AS ONE GATHERING" IN SAN FRANCISCO, REALLY A STEALTH MARKETING PLOY INTENDED TO FOOL UNSUSPECTING MEMBERS OF THE YOUTUBE COMMUNITY INTO MAKING VIDEO CLIP "INFOMERCIALS" FOR TOURIST TRAP AT PIER 39? IT APPEARS SO. THE HIDDEN ORGANIZERS OF THE "AS ONE GATHERING " TRIED HARD TO SIMULATE AN ACTUAL USER GENERATED MEET-UP BY ARRANGING FOR TOP YOUTUBE PERSONALITIES LIKE RENETTO AND MR. SAFETY TO ACT AS THE EVENT PRODUCERS. COMPENSATION DEALS WERE CUT WITH HEAVILY SUBSCRIBED YOUTUBERS WHO WERE JETTED IN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. LOCAL FANS WERE ENCOURAGED TO BRING THEIR VIDEO CAMERA TO THE EVENT SO THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE YOUTUBE VIDEO SCAVENGER HUNT, ALSO ON PIER 39. BUT THE REAL OBJECTIVE OF THE "AS ONE GATHERING" WAS TO GET LOTS OF VIDEO CLIPS POSTED ON YOUTUBE SHOWING PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER AT PIER 39. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YOUTUBE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE REALIZE THEY WERE TRICKED INTO PRODUCING INFOMERCIALS FOR A TOURIST TRAP BUT I SUSPECT THE NUMBER IS SMALL. VERY FEW LOCALS SHOWED UP.

Revlog no. 18 author: GEORGE COATES Movie QUICKTIME VERSION (BETTER QUALITY): CLICK HERE duration: 05:04 (this revlog is related to revlog no. 17) Amongst the strangest and most intriguing vlog shows we find BetterBadNews. How to explain it? Maybe it s best to quote it s creator, George Coates, who is a well known theater director, working and living in San Francisco, USA: BetterBadNews is a video blog using voice, character and audio visual support to extend and recontextualize the conversation Text is swiped into teleprompter software enabling a panel of on-camera talking heads or “blog speakers” to bring voice and character to moderated discussions and forums taking place online Why? To develop new strategies for surviving the ongoing culture war responsible for the steady and strategic de-funding of independent creative voices in the arts, including small presses, experimental theaters, and alternative media and to provide opportunities for non-commercial voices to be heard in networked media environments. BetterBadNews is somehow mimicking and ridiculing television; the talking heads read from a teleprompter (aka as an autocue, a device used in television to project a speaker s script out of sight of the audience). The talking is mixed with a mash-up, combining different audio tracks (coming from old movies and such) and clips of video. Maybe it is best that you just watch our revlog, for it is both funny and enlightening. We choose this particular one because it is reflecting on videoblogging as an art genre, and more in particular on Jay Dedman s video Looking at things , which you find below. Check! Permalink to the original posting: CLICK HERE BetterBadNews home page: CLICK HERE George Coates s info website: CLICK HERE For those who want to subscribe to BetterBadNews we advise some patience since their RSS feed is currently broken Technorati Tags: george coates, betterbadnews, art, william blake, theater, united vloggers, unitedvloggers, vloggers united, revlog, video blog, videoblogging, vlog, blog, blogging, vlogging, video, video podcast, podast, media

To settle disputed claims the BetterBadNews panel propose that a volunteer user jury convene to establish standards for user generated justice.

In this 3 minute video the BetterBadNews panel examine how the Gillmor Gang beat the gossip blogs due to Jason Calacanis' chilling premonition of his untimely departure from AOL seven weeks ago. Nick Douglas takes a mystery bullet from ValleyWag mogul, Nick Denton.

From betterbadnews.com/65 : ARTISTS, PROGRAMERS AND ACTIVISTS CONSIDER A GENERAL STRIKE: BUT IS IT ART? The BetterBadNews team mashes it up with a video by Jay Dedman, the noted video blogger evangelist. More at www.betterbadnews.com

Today's Podcast from the Swamp -- iPodderSP, .Net and Java, www.GatorJUG.org, www.BetterBadNews.com, Tapestry and lots more!

Today we look at a podcaster's code of ethics, we revisit Better Bad News dot com, and we rebrand ourselves "Swampcast"! www.swampcast.com