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Mira, Raleigh NC — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:37:55 GMT

The story about Dani is incredible. It's unbelievable that her biological mom won't be punished. Why can't we as a society punish such terrible abuse?

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Gary-O, Murfreesboro, TN — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:10:53 GMT

Ummmm....suction cup bicycle: obvious fake. The kid riding on the lockers is perfectly horizontal to the ground. There is no way at such slow speeds that he wouldn't be leaning (heavily) toward the ground. Why even post it?

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Dave, Salt Lake City UT — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:12:24 GMT

Personally, I would be much more interested in ways to prevent that from happening then trying to punish her. What is the point of punishment for someone that doesn't have the intellect to understand what she did wrong in the first place?

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Paul, Grand Rapids, MI — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:53:31 GMT

Will, I checked the video twice on the ground rainbows and still didn't hear any reference to President Bush or even any party affiliation (one way or the other)? So what were the clues that this was a leftist attack on the President? It just sounded like an uneducated person going on a rant to me.

By the way, I'm a big fan. Just wish you would post more!

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Vicki — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:35:47 GMT

12,400 hits for

"this is what I clicked"

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Will Femia — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:37:57 GMT

Gary-O, it's a joke. Why post it? Because it's hysterical!

Paul, I think the scrolling text at the end is a pretty clear anti-Bush exhortation but maybe I'm seeing code words that aren't there. Maybe you could argue that the spirit of it is anti-government libertarianism but to me it looks like straight forward lefty environmentalism.

To your second point, and speaking of lefties versus righties, thanks for your patience with Clicked. You may have caught in one of the comment threads that I've been assigned to work on the Countdown with Keith Olbermann Web presence (this may explain my political hypersensitivity). That's taken some of the wind out of the sails of the Clicked workflow but last week I set the slow pace of a link a day and this week I stepped it up a bit so hopefully I'll find a good cruising altitude that lets me stay productive on both fronts.

For what it's worth, one of the things I've been working on is supplementing the show content with links to original source material. It's not Web culture, but Clicked readers may find some interesting clicks there.
http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/category/1314.aspx

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CindyW, Redmond WA — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:25:04 GMT

I've been missing you and Clicked, Will, so I hope you're able to find that perfect cruising altitude!

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Caren, Charlotte, NC — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:25:55 GMT

The anamorphosis pics reminded me of that video, My Early Muir Owl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCiThCeY2Uc (did I first see that here?)

The word also reminded me of the Animorph books my son enjoyed reading when he was in elementary school -- but that concept is very, very different.

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Will Femia — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:13:04 GMT

Caren, yes, I remember linking to that. Nice job recalling it.

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Dan, Tuscaloosa AL — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:35:17 GMT

Will,
I was bitten by the bug to play with animation software. Hash.com has Animation:Master that is WAY cheaper than the professional stuff. It lets you pick what part of animation you'd like to learn and play with. Don't like to make the model? Use the supplied models and learn how to "rig" them and animate. I'm having a blast with it.

I also saw a couple of ~$30 products at Target for claymation and stop-motion style animation. I haven't tried them.

Love the blog, keep up the good work!

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Haley, Vincennes, IN — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:41:40 GMT

Thanks for linking to the feral girl story. I teach public speaking and it was a perfectly timed transition piece into my next lessons on the importance of communication. My students have just started reading it today and they're shocked.