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Elan Canfield, 12 years old, made this video. He would like you to comment.

This is a new version of a brief video segment about the Chertoff Retirement Celebration, which I posted earier here. http://panleft.net/cms/node/473 - this is the first segment in my News On The Line "Transition in the Borderlands" series. (see http://newsontheline.tv )

Here it is! Our Video Postcard to OBAMA (much shorter of course). On January 17th this year we had a great event over at Pan Left to celebrate Obama's inauguration and there was almost 2 and 1/2 hours of footage! This version I managed to whittle down to 5 and 1/2 minutes so you all can see some of what everyone had to say. We'll send the Prez both versions cut and un-cut on the DVD. Thanks for everyone who came out! We'll see how the next 4 years go.

While we're on the topic of fake news and politics and humor, last week I discoved the "Sarah Palin Vlog," a fake video blog on YouTube created by Sarah Benincasa, a comedienne in NYC, and her friends. It's the most hiliarious thing I saw all week. This is the first episode, there are 5 more at this point, and more on the way.

I saw this video that was made by "SyntheticHuman Pictures is a Phoenix, Arizona based group of filmmakers, dedicated to creating content that inspires imagination and evokes emotion". I really like it, but it also made me think that since this is an election year that maybe we should come up with some videos along the lines of this one. It could be a chance to practice your skills or gain new ones and it could be fun! Oh wait, that's F.U.n???

Here it is, the featurette. I give you my word this is the only place in the known universe where I will post it...

At the end of February I was supposed to perform live audio and video under my pseudonym, Charismatic Megafauna, at the Dry River experimental art festival, FLOOD. However, I was so busy that I didn't have time to prepare, so instead I showed a slide show with narration that humorously "explained" why I wasn't able to perform, then played a previously made video piece. For y'alls entertainment, this is that slide show turned into a video.

As you may or may not be aware, the Indymedia Newsreal, a half-hour TV program, is produced with the help of Pan Left member time and equipment every month. I take submissions from vdeoactivists around the world to create each episode, but lately I've been getting fewer and fewer contributions. This is a special video message in which I try to humorously and cleverly persuade more videographers to participate.

Groove on w/ the baby VlogStars!