Friday Nite Videos -- Jan 17, 2014
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Playing for Change: I'd Rather Go Blind. Defending the Right to Protest. UNMANNED: America's Drone Wars. Organisms Do Evolve.
Playing for Change: I'd Rather Go Blind
PFC Band Live performance of the Etta James Classic, "I'd Rather Go Blind", filmed at Byron Bay, Australia
Defending the Right to Protest
New York City has agreed to pay nearly $18 million for the arrest, detention and fingerprinting of hundreds of protesters, journalists, legal observers and bystanders during the 2004 Republican National Convention
UNMANNED: America's Drone Wars
The teaser trailer for director Robert Greenwald's highly anticipated upcoming film, UNMANNED: America's Drone Wars.
Rating Obama’s NSA Reform Plan: EFF Scorecard Explained
Electronic Frontier Foundation

President Obama racked up 3.5 points out of a possible 12.
Organisms Do Evolve
YouTube
A 'crazy dorky scientist' and Miley fan just couldn't resist making this 'Wrecking Ball' parody
Organisms Do Evolve
A 'crazy dorky scientist' and Miley fan just couldn't resist making this 'Wrecking Ball' parody. Full lyrics are here.
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Struck Down as Judge Cites Burden on Citizens
The New York Times

The law hampered the ability of hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians to cast their ballots, with the burden falling most heavily on elderly, disabled and low-income residents
Christie: A Bully’s Bully
The Nation

Oh, how we love those Republican “straight-shooters.”
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