The Noble Lie

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

From the fantastic, classic series Cosmos:

Carl Sagan – Democritus

Carl Sagan – Pythagoras and Plato

Not a huge Jon Stewart fan, but he was in rare form lampooning Keith Olbermann recently.

A broadcasting Republican with a marginal sense of humor could really make gold doing this on a regular basis. If previous attempts are any indication, it might be a while until one of those come around. In the meantime, they can continue to count on liberals poking fun at fellow liberals.

All you folks think you own my life
But you never made any sacrifice
Demons they are on my trail
I’m standing at the crossroads of hell
I look to the left, I look to the right
Hands that grab me on every side

All you folks think I got my price
At which I’ll sell all that is mine
You think money rules when all else fails
Go sell your soul and keep your shell
I’m trying to protect what I keep inside
All the reasons why I live my life

Some say the devil be a mystical thing
I say the devil he a walking man
He a fool he a liar conjurer and a thief
He try to tell you what you want
Try to tell you what you need

Standing at the point
The road it cross you down
What is at your back
Which way do you turn
Who will come to find you first
Your devils or your gods

All you folks think you run my life
Say I should be willing to compromise
I say all you demons go back to hell
I’ll save my soul, save myself

Firesign Theatre is a comedy troupe that has been releasing albums since the late 1960s to this day. I don’t know what Humboldt County has to do with this, but it is good stuff.

This is probably my last mention of our big earthquake. Thanks to Polly and Bill for making me aware of these videos. If you’re interested, please follow the excellent continuing coverage and conversations on the Humboldt Herald.

Humboldt Eureka 6.5 Earthquake Video Montage 1/9/2010 WOW! Ferndale HQ

Earthquake in northern California

There are noble lies and then there are straight up lies. This may be one of the latter.

This video is supposed to have been taken during yesterday’s 6.5 Eureka earthquake. It’s not, as many of the video’s commenters point out. It’s not a matter of debating how realistic it looks and sounds. The girl states she is in “Hollister, CA” which is out by Santa Cruz. The earthquake was reported by a few people in Santa Cruz… as a magnitude 3. A magnitude 3 earthquake could not shake a house that roughly.

It might be a case of mistaken identity, real footage from a different earthquake some previous time. The YouTube poster appears to be from France.

Ryan Hurley at Eureka Now! gets this video scoop of some damage at Henderson Center, Eureka.

North Coast Journal Blogthing has a good list of all the local bloggers buzzing about this. Except for my site, but I forgive them, as I am part of the World Weird Web.

If anybody out there is reading this, and knows of more video footage, please link or embed it my way.

Here’s something fun for a change. This is a clip from “Trailer Park Boys”, a hilarious mockumentary TV show from Canada. In this clip, Julian is propositioned by his best friend’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, and goes to his friend Bubbles for advice on how to defuse the situation. Bubbles schools him in the ways of the Noble Lie. Parental discretion advised.

Cocksucker called it the Noble Lie

I’m down with Plato and Socrates

This show ran for seven wonderful seasons, a feature-length movie, and live comedy shows. Here are some of the best Trailer Park Boys clips I found on the web.

• The Water Bong is So Smooth
• Trailer Park Boys Play Space
• Best of Bubbles
• Best of Ricky
• Rickyisms
• I’m smelf smart.. I self smarted myself
• J-Roc “Know what I’m sayin”
• Best of Corey and Trevor
• Jim Lahey – Shitapiller Life Cycle
• Government buildings are the easiest to rob
• Propane, Propane