Check your Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude - pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.
This video dissects the problem of getting pleasure from watching Donald Trump make misstep after misstep.
John Oliver vets third-party candidates Jill Stein and Gary Johnson
Here is John Oliver totally ripping apart the two most popular third-party candidates, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson.
PS: If you want to see who is on your ballot, just google "Who's On My Ballot?". Very informative and straight-forward.
Digg's Trump And Hillary Channels
This is an interesting experiment. Digg has just launched dedicated channels for streaming information on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The channels are a mix of algorithmic curation by computers and Digg editors and are sort of like a running list of what the web is talking about concerning the two party candidates for President at any given moment. As an actual information source, it's probably very diluted, but as a stream of consciousness feed, it is quite amazing.
Digg has done its best to make sure that both feeds are populated by information from all political sides (left, right, and moderate) and include Twitter reactions from tweets that have garnered over 1000 retweets.
You can have a look at the feeds here:
How 'Parks and Recreation' taught us to embrace each other's differences
A short video about the very good lessons from Parks and Recreation that we all should remind ourselves during this tumultuous time in politics here in the US. When differences between people and parties seems ever so drastic, it is important to remember that it doesn't mean we still can't work together. Of course, this is easier said than done, but if Leslie Knope and Ron Swanson can do it, I think we can too!
Man, watching this video made me really miss Parks and Recreation. What a great show. What a great time to be on TV!