As you’re all aware, hackers can easily compromise your computers. But what you may not know is how easy it’s becoming to lift sensitive data — financial records, medical charts, company trade secrets or even compromising vacation photos — off your printers, scanners and other similar devices. H/T Journeyman Pictures
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AlfonZo Rachel takes issue again with Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, especially the liberal use of the n-word throughout the film. Hear why on this ZoNation. H/T PJTV
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A brutal rape and murder have turned the spotlight on a corrupt judicial system in India that tolerates widespread violence against women. The government is weighing several possible solutions, ranging from hiring undercover female police detectives to enforced castration for convicted rapists. H/T Next Media Animation
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Romanian animator Anton Octavian creates surreal graphics for music videos, in this case, “Last Mask” by a modern jazz, techno-oriented band called Brainkiller. It’s a truly international effort. The three-member band includes keyboardist Jacob Koller from Arizona, trombone player Brian Allen from Texas and drummer Hernan Hecht from Mexico City. Their music is distributed through Rare Noise Records, based in the United Kingdom.
To see other music videos illustrated by Octavian, visit his website at http://www.antonoctavian.com
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Conservative, comedic songwriter Ray Stevens, well known for his parodies on hot-button political issues, takes a shot at the Obama Budget Plan. Stevens sings, “So I said let’s do what the government does. It works for them, it might work for us. So I forgot my ethics and morals, and swallowed my pride. We took out every credit card we could get, and loaded them up with maximum debt and borrowed from friends and family and even took out loans overseas.” You get the hang of it. …
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And in this brief clip, Stevens quibbles with the government’s taxation policies. “If 10 percent is good enough for Jesus,well it ought to be enough for Uncle Sam,” he sings. We’ll be looking for you next Tuesday on LOL for another stroll through the lighter side of life. — The Wickel
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A hockey match turns into a no-holds-barred melee in Erzurum, Turkey. Alongside these young Turks, the NHL players are just pussycats. H/T Blazing Cat Fur
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CATHERINE D’LISH
Extravagant costumes and elaborate props are hallmarks for the elegant Catherine D’Lish, “The Striptease Virtuoso,” who often ends her shows by taking a bubble bath in a giant champagne glass. She is considered one of the world’s premier fan dancers, performing amid a grand gilded birdcage, giant spiderweb and an eight-foot-tall waterfall complete with fountains. On the scene since 1990, she creates her own shows as well as touring widely in revues including Burlesque Fest. She appears here in The Web at the 2010 Viva Las Vegas Weekend at The Orleans Casino.
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At the inaugural New Orleans Burlesque Festival in 2009, she performed with the world’s largest feather fans.
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Her website: http://www.cdlish.com/index.htm
Dick Morris, who used to work for Al Gore, lays into his old boss for selling Current TV to Al Jazeera for $500 million. Al Jazeera wants a platform to promote Islamic jihad right smack in the United States, Morris warns. But already some powerful opposition is materializing to the deal. Time Warner cable carried Current TV but says it won’t carry Al Jazeera’s broadcasts. Will other cable and satellite systems follow suit and snub the Arab propagandists? Stay tuned.
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In this week’s SciShow news, Hank Green explains how earthworms are doing nanotechnology for us, Americans will soon be eating genetically modified salmon and the Russians are going back to space.
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