We can debate the efficacy of violence against anyone all we like, but it’s pretty clear that committing violence against the very young is a bad idea.

In other news, spanking is remarkably ineffective at changing the behavior of baby lab rats.

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Faced with the prospect of becoming the most popular weekend pastime in the United States, the National Football League is taking drastic steps to withdraw from public view.

As reported by Time Magazine last week, the NFL has adopted a “blackout” policy, preventing local fans from viewing their team’s games if the game in question fails to sell out its tickets.

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Life imitates art, and don’t let anyone tell you differently.

For more on Star Wars political philosophy debates, check out the recently minted Mep Report 115.

Given the importance of the situation, the relative skill level of the players and the stage of the match, this is possibly the most high-leverage, super-clutch trick shot you will ever see in your life…

Part two of our video highlight series. In this extended clip, Russ desperately tries to explain why anyone should take a Universal Life Church degree seriously.

Russ Gets his Graduate Degree (Mep Report 116 Highlight) from Laserfalcon on Vimeo.

As we previously promised, here is the first video highlight from the Mep Reporters, filmed on location at Eagle Studios.  We’ll post several more of these highlights over the coming weeks, and will have the edited audio version available here soon.  Here the Meppers discuss the finer points of Krull, a movie Russ has inexplicably never seen.

Krull, Krill, and Kelp (Mep Report 116 Highlight) from Laserfalcon on Vimeo.

A hidden treasure on Google Video makes available a 35 minute short shot by Stanley Kubrick’s daughter, Vivian, during the filming of The Shining. The piece gives us a sense of the process of one of the most legendary filmmakers of all time.

Link via /film

For those of you who missed it last night, here’s the outburst during Obama’s healthcare address that is getting all the attention in today’s press…

Freddie, how could you…

I don’t know what inspired this life introspective as seen through the eyes of a classic arcade game protagonist, but it seems to be the sort of thing that we post here, so I’ll just stop blabbing and comply.

I’m a big fan of video meme subcultures who are self-aware enough to get it when their tired spoof isn’t amusing or original anymore. And so, here is the Angry Hitler Meme death-knell piece…