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I used to be homeless for over five years when I went to live in England. I’d fallen in love with a homeless man I’d met on vacation and that was that. The man I fell in love with turned out to be a con artist and a monster, but that’s not to say that all homeless people are con artists and monsters.
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If you want to know what’s wrong with this world, the answer is staring at you in the face — human overpopulation. There are just too many people and not enough land, food, water, jobs or parking spaces for all of us. So, we managed to push a few thousand species of plants and animals into extinction in order to make room for ourselves. And still, the birth rate keeps on rising and the suffering rate keeps on rising, too. Take care of the kids already on the ground by not having anymore kids.

But then again, that logic is too simple for most people. This gets into the area of hurting the economy. “Who will take care of you when you’re old and pay the taxes?” Well, quite frankly, the last man on earth will be bitching about the economy. It’s kinda stupid to place fears about lack of money over the facts of the soon-to-be lack of a planet.
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Please Note: The following is not intended to be in any way insulting to sea cucumbers.

Alaska goveneror Sarah Palin is the rising star of the Republican party, even after bringing disaster to John McCain’s Presidential campaign. Although the Presidential campaign ended over two months ago, Palin still seems to exert a magnetic pull on the nation’s short attention span. She certainly is beloved by liberal-leaning reporters, including MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, who has recently described Sarah Palin as the “all-you-can-eat buffet of polictical scandal, nay — the endless wedge of Velveeta of political scandal.”

Why is she so popular? It can’t be just because America is fascinated by train wrecks. It could be that instead of being human, Sarah Palin is, in fact, an undiscovered species of sea cucucmber that actually masquerades as being human.

Shocking Similarities
Sea cucumbers are found all over the world, and Sarah Palin seems to be found all over the world. And somewhere, surely, is a sea cucumber who can see Russia from it’s house.
A sea cucumber is a creature without a backbone. Sarah Palin is also a creature without a backbone. When provoked, a sea cucumber reacts in self-defence by spewing parts of its digestive system out of its anus to thwart the attacker:

When provoked, Sarah Palin also spills her guts:

They also wave their tentacles in a similar fashion. First up, one moment that makes me so proud that I’m from the Philly area:

In comparison, let’s watch this pink sea cucumber also waving to background music:

So, there’s the evidence. Is Sarah Palin really a sea cucumber? Only time will tell!

After yesterday’s brief hiatus (which was stupid, I know), we are now back looking at the many facets of stupidity. Like Einstein said, only two things are universal — hydrogen and stupidity. And he wasn’t entirely sure about the hydrogen. One way stupidity is celebrated in all civilizations is with stupid celebrations. What are stupid celebrations? These are events celebrating life by having the participants engage in competitons almost guarenteed to kill them. Ah, what fun. And, I guess, a good way to get all the bad genes from swimming in the gene pool. For even more mind-blowing examples of human stupidity, check out the infamous, the notorious Darwin Awards. (What a way to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles’ birth in 2009).

Let’s make with the clips. First up is an oldie but a goodie, from that land of culture and sophistication, England. And no — it’s not cricket (although I really considered adding a cricket clip or a car racing clip). No, it’s the Gloustershire Cheese Rolling Event at Cooper’s Hill, which is nearly vertical. Entries are open for the May 2009 event (You know you want to do it!):

If that was child’s play, then why not take on a real challenge — like going over Niagrara falls in a barrel? Or a kayak? Or a hat and dress?

And although not lethal, it’s still stupid — hog calling contests. You ever notice they don;t actually get hogs as judges for these things? Shouldn’t that be a requirement? Much thanks to the Associated Press for allowing bloggers like me to snatch the code for this one. It’s why we love you guys:

Puns, shoes and mash-ups went flying all over the media this week as President Bush nearly got nailed by two loose loafers. Note that the Iranian leader wasn’t phased in the slightest. Sadly, the reporter who threw the shoes in protest was beaten considerably and his fate will most likely be covered up, but at least he has given us the defining moment of the Bush Lack-Of-Presidency.

Since you’ve probably seen the original 65 trillion times (and it just keeps getting funnier every single time, doesn’t it?) we’ll skip looking at the originals and jut go right to the mash-ups on YouTube. First off — the Austin Powers shoe throw:

Next up, the Matrix II: Piece of Shit version:

The Star Wars mix:

I think it is terribly sad that even though we know there are so many healing plants and the possibility of finding even more is almost definite, the rainforests are still being cut down at a massively fast rate.

In this National Geographic video, a respected shaman in Paraguay (which has one of the highest deforestation rates) leads researchers to different places to find certain medicinal plants. One in particular they go to find is of interest to scientists as part of cancer research.

Call me a tree hugger if you like, but the cutting down of rain forests makes me so mad. They keep cutting even though we know there are amazing forms of life in there and possible cures to some of the worst human diseases.

And yet they keep cutting.

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To End Conflict

Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in, and on October 18, 2007, from Tel Aviv and Jericho, the Israeli and Palestinian people will push their leaders for an end to the conflict - an unprecedented People’s Summit to give platform to moderate voices, internationally linked to events held worldwide.

In an awesome show of what people can do when they work together, these people hope to change the world of conflict and worry that their world has turned into. In these days of antisocial, internet addicted, politically apathetic people, this is an amazing show of what humanity can do and has to offer the universe.

If you can find away, please support these people and other groups all over the world who are trying to make the lives of those less fortunate and those in danger better.

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In these videos National Wildlife Federation President Larry Schweiger in Greenland talking about what’s happening there in relation to global warming.

Personally, I think they should let everyone know that if a large enough glacier chunk fell into the ocean, or if a large enough piece of ice shifted, we could see a tsunami big enough to go around the world. Maybe that would get people to take a bit more care.

But then there is the mass panic, and all that good stuff…

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October 11th is National Coming Out Day! Congratulations to those who are taking the huge step of coming out to their friends and/or other loved ones.

First off, I’d like to give a little link love to my favourite lesbian, Lyndsey. Lyndsey was recently published in the Best Lesbian Love Stories anthology, and she’ll be giving away an autographed copy of her book, so make sure to stop by.

This video not only talks about coming out day and a bit of gay, lesbian, and transgender history, it calls out for you to record your response to the video “telling us what inspires you to live you life openly and honestly.�

I think that’s awesome, even though I might get some nasty comments for supporting this. Gays and lesbians put up with so much crap because “homosexuality is a sin� and yet I don’t see any adulterers getting bashed in the streets and getting their rights taken away, do you?

Help support the gay and lesbian community by raising awareness and celebrating National Coming Out Day.

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Rest in peace.

1935-2007

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In case you weren’t aware, there is a huge - positively huge - hurricane happening right now.

It’s said it will hit along northeast Mexico sometime late Wednesday or Thursday morning, possibly as a category five hurricane. It has already hit other areas.

This video is a bit light for you to see the actual eye of the hurricane, but just seeing the size of the storm is impressive in itself. If you pray, you might want to consider doing so for the people who are in this hurricane’s path

If you would like to know more about the hurricane, go here

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Yes dear readers, all three of you…mum, dad and brother, this will be my last post on YouTube Digger. I’ve decided you may have had enough of my Tom Cruise fascination and snarky comments about various YouTube personalities. I’ve enjoyed my tenure here, and writing witty posts for you morons who read my crappy insights, but it’s time to move on.

Luckily, a new writer is already on her way in… and being female (I’ve never had the pleasure but she at least looks feminine) I think a refreshing change is in store. No more will there be tits and asses strewn across your screen. The free porn will have to stop as well. What? What do you mean “Where’s the porn?“, you clearly didn’t look hard enough, so it’s time to go looking back over the archives!

Please give the new Digger some love, she’s a brilliant writer. As for me, well, I’ll still be blogging over at Pop Buzz UK, so if you find yourself missing my unfunny posts, come see me there. I’ll also be writing a British music blog over at the new b5media music channel, so come say “Hi“. As for YouTube? My love affair will continue, and you may well see me pitch up on a different site soon!

Au revoir… :)

Copyright © 2007 Dave Parrack, All Rights Reserved

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On Monday I posted a YouTube Digger tagline poll, and the results are in!

The winner with 45% of the vote was… (Drum roll)…

YouTube Digger - Maybe these should have stayed buried

This will now become the new tagline, and be put on to the sidebar. Thanks to everyone who voted, and to everyone who suggested taglines in the first place.

Copyright © 2007 Dave Parrack, All Rights Reserved

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The first TV commercial for the new, innovative, internet TV provider Joost has been shown, and it does a good job of explaining the concept.
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Incredible as it may seem, you read it right, YouTube Digger has been nominated in two categories in the upcoming Blogger’s Choice Awards! This little slice of video finding heaven, which I just happen to write has been put up for both the ‘Best Video Blogger’ and the ‘Best Entertainment Blog’. The awards are sponsored by PayPerPost and will run until June 2nd when the winners will be announced at PostieCon in Orlando, Florida.
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