Archive for the 'Audio-Video' Category

Where the Hell is Matt?

Posted in Audio-Video, Bainbridge Island on July 8th, 2008 by Chip Gibbons

Check out this funny and infectiously joyful video on YouTube of Seattle resident Matt Harding dancing his way around the world.

He’s made several other similar videos of himself dancing alone in far away places but in this one, which is already one of the most popular videos on YouTube, he has a lot of company.

For more info, check out WheretheHellisMatt.com.

Amazing Sea Creatures

Posted in Audio-Video, Science on April 5th, 2008 by Chip Gibbons

Want to see some really amazing sea creatures?

Watch this video.

David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a shape-shifting cuttlefish, a pair of fighting squid, and a mesmerizing gallery of bioluminescent fish that light up the blackest depths of the ocean.

And it gets better than that!

Fed Saves Banks… Again

Posted in Audio-Video, Government/Politics, Investing on March 11th, 2008 by Chip Gibbons

Today the stock market soared to its biggest one-day gain in five years because the Fed is pumping another $200 billion into the banking industry. This is on top of the billions they’ve already pumped into the markets.

They are going to accept mortgage backed securities as collateral for the loans!

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street finally found a reason for a huge rally Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said it plans to pump $200 billion into the financial markets to help ease the strain from the credit crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up more than 416 points, its biggest one-day point gain since July 2002.

The Fed’s program is part of a worldwide effort to help struggling banks and mortgage providers. The Fed — acting in concert with the European Central Bank, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank — agreed to loan investment banks money in exchange for debt, including slumping mortgage-backed securities.

This is what you call offloading the risk from wealthy bankers and stockholders to the taxpayers.

See the subprime cartoon slide show to understand how we got here and what the end result is.

Also, British comedians John Fortune and John Bird do a comic “interview” in this YouTube video which also explains how this credit crunch happened and why the Federal Reserve and other central banks are bailing the banks out.

Man Teases Bull, Loses Pants

Posted in Audio-Video, Humor on February 17th, 2008 by Chip Gibbons

This is a funny video.

He’s lucky he didn’t lose anything else.

It’s always fun to see people who willfully ignore reality get their comeuppance.