Just a Memo

Here’s a video from a 5-0’s dash that recorded a “tractor truck” size meteor:

Brian Williams: “The search is on in Canada for the impact site?”

What the?!?! They better find that thing. That thing was huge—that’s what she said! For something that bright and in plain sight of the cop patrolling, they should know at least where to start. Dang… that’s scary if they don’t find it. You think it’s a coincidence with all these Armageddon-like movies coming out?

Some takeaways from Olbermann’s Special Comment on California’s Prop. 8:

• “What is it to you?”
• “They want what you want.”
• “Spread happiness.”
• “Do onto others as you would have them do onto you^[1].”

1. The Golden Rule. Also known as the Ethic of Reciprocity. [↩]

I was just browsing for some news before heading to bed, and found some more Obama celebration photos from across the World. Here are some that I found very meaningful personally—specially the first one below:

In the western village of Kogelo, where the president-elect’s late father was born, Obama’s step-grandmother and other relatives poured out of their rural homestead to celebrate a man seen by many Kenyans as a ’son of the soil’.

With hula dancers, ecstatic chanting and some rock ‘n’ roll, a Japanese town named Obama rejoiced as its accidental namesake was elected president of the United States.

At Obama’s former school in Jakarta, Indonesia, children celebrated the election result.

You may check out more photos (and the story behind them) by going to Telegraph’s collection of People Around the World Celebrate Barack Obama’s Election Win”.

Source via Telegraph.

Shepard Fairey (”Obey Giant“) and the Obama Hope image was featured Wednesday night on CBS News with Katie Couric. Here’s the segment.

Here’s the infamous HOPE image (aka. “Obama is Hope”), along with others that Fairey created before (and after) the historic election day this past Tuesday, November 4, 2008:

With the news of President-elect Barack Obama winning sweeping the World, most of the big news sites out on the net have updated their homepages. Mentioning that, it is still surprising to me (at the time of this posting) that WhiteHouse.gov still has no mention of “Obama” ANYWHERE?!?!

Anyways, here are the ones that I really dug below. You may click on the thumbnails to view a larger version.

Mr. President (ABC News)

Change has come to America (CNN)

Obama Wins - “That is the true genius of America — that America can change” (LA Times)

“All Things are Possible” (MSNBC)

Obama: Racial Barrier Falls as Voters Embrace Call for Change (NY Times)

Nation Finally Shitty Enough to Make Social Progress (The Onion)

Propelled by Internet, Barack Obama Wins Presidency (Wired)

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