Friday Nite Videos -- August 16, 2013

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Kentucky town with openly gay mayor. Court clerk fired for helping free wrongly convicted man. Frisky business in New York City. Obama -- I was going to do that. Documentary: The Act of Killing. Country Joe at Woodstock: Vietnam Song.

Obama: I Was Going to Do That

The president insists he would have implemented NSA oversight even without Edward Snowden’s leaks. (Ann Telnaes / The Washington Post)

The Act of Killing -- Movie Trailer

Documentary film director Joshua Oppenheimer challenges some of the death squad leaders of the Indonesian massacres of 1965 to reenact the real life mass killings in the style of the American movies they love. In theaters now.

Country Joe McDonald: Vietnam Song

Country Joe performing at Woodstock in 1969. This song was originally released as the title track of the 1967 album of Country Joe & the Fish, I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die. It was written by Country Joe.
 

Coming Up Short: Working-Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty

Jennifer M. Silva The Boston Globe
Book Review and Interview: Jennifer Silva's "Coming Up Short: Working-Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty." In 100 in-depth, in-person interviews, she found a new working-class adult “bewildered in the labor market, betrayed by institutions, distrustful of love, disconnected from others, and committed to emotional growth.”

Bradley Manning Did Not Hurt the United States

Rainey Reitman Freedom of the Press Foundation
Bradley Manning didn't hurt us any more than a dentist hurts a patient when removing an abscessed tooth. The brief discomfort that resulted from the WikiLeaks disclosures was necessary to begin the process of healing and reform. It is a process that we do not yet know will be successful, but which began with Manning's decision to leak vital documents to WikiLeaks. And for that, we owe Manning thanks; no apologies necessary.