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Friday Nite Videos -- October 25, 2013

Nations Be Spying, Yo. Crash Course: History of Life on Earth. Wendy Davis, in Her Own Words. Stop Watching Us. Fortunate Son. Movie: 12 Years a Slave.

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Nations Be Spying, Yo
 
 
When it comes to spying, the American government isn't doing anything to the rest of the world that it isn't already doing to Americans.
 
 

 


 

Crash Course: History of Life on Earth
 
Life is powerful, and in order to understand how living systems work, you first have to understand how they originated, developed and diversified over the past 4.5 billion years of Earth's history.
 
 

 


 

Wendy Davis, in Her Own Words
 
Now a candidate for governor of Texas, in this 2011 interviewWendy Davis simply tells her own story
 
 

 


 

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Stop Watching Us
 
StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations. In this video, celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures speak out against mass surveillance by the NSA
 
 

 


 

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son
 
Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
 
 

 


 

Movie: 12 Years a Slave
 
Steve McQueen's highly-acclaimed drama 12 Years a Slave opened in seven more cities today, before going national on November 1